A term referring to the optical techniques (using refraction, absorption or emission
of anisotropic radiation) for investigating
chiral substances [e.g. measurements of
optical rotation at a fixed
wavelength, optical rotatory dispersion
(
ORD), circular
dichroism
(
CD), and circular
polarization of
luminescence
(
CPL)].
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193
(Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2203
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
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