Hello, and welcome to CY1101 Group IX’s Stereochemistry blog. Through this platform, we hope to make insightful blog posts into the amazing world of Stereochemistry by investigating both the chemical concepts behind it and the applications of such a useful aspect of science. Feel free to browse the various posts at your own pace. Should you have any further queries, you may contact any of the Group IX members through the About Us page for clarification.

Content Summary

Chemical Concepts

1. Introduction to Stereochemistry
2. Enantiomers: Same but not really
3. Cis-trans & E-Z Isomerism : Pick your Side
4. Conformational Isomers: Look how the tables have turned
5. Atropisomers: When the tables cannot turn
6. Stereospecificity & Stereoselectivity: Isomeric Inequality
7. Chiral Environments: Sometimes, the environment shapes you
8. Chiral Chromatography: Separating Twins
9. Akamptisomerism: The last kind of Isomerism?

Applications

1. Ogston’s ‘Three Point Attachment’ Model
2. Enzymes & Receptors: Seeking out the perfect one
3. Drug Design: When one size fits all backfires
4. Stereochemistry in Pharmaceuticals: Beyond the shape of the pill
5. Tacticity and Crystallinity: Some things can be arranged
6. Chirality in Nature: You can only use one of them
7. Polarisability of Enantiomers: Making light of the situation
8. Stereochemistry in Transition Metal Complexes: Metals do Matter