Sixth Form Lecture. The talk will examine examples of how the presence of a chiral carbon may affect the properties of a drug sometimes with tragic consequences. It will also look at how the brain processes the information that comes from the receptors in the nose and examines a number of cases where enantiomers have different smells.
Chirality, Smell, Drugs and Chemistry
21 January 2014, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Venue
University of Birmingham
Lecture Theatre 101, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham, B15 2TT, United Kingdom
Organised by
The West Midlands Chemistry Teachers' Centre
Contact information
Dr Nigel Briggs
Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form, Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffs, B79 8AH, United Kingdom
01827 311205
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Landau Forte Academy Tamworth Sixth Form, Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffs, B79 8AH, United Kingdom
01827 311205
Contact us by email
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