History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2) From 1850 to 1910
CHAPTER IX
STEREO-ISOMERISM: STEREO-CHEMISTRY 138 Opticity: Biot, Mitscherlich, Pasteur, Wislicenus, Van ’t Hoff, Le Bel. Asymmetry. Racemisation. Multirotation. Geometrical isomerism. Geometrical inversion. Stereo-isomerism among nitrogen, sulphur, selenium, tin, and silicon compounds. Tautomerism. Steric hindrance.