Did you know that the haemoglobin in your blood, the chlorophyll in green plants and vitamin B-12 all contain compounds know as transition metal complexes [1]? Transition… Read more Stereochemistry in Transition Metal Complexes: Metals do Matter

As we have seen in previous blog entries, enantiomers are able to rotate plane polarised light in different directions. To… Read more Polarisability of Enantiomers: Making light of the situation

So far, we have only been looking at applications of stereochemistry which is pretty manmade. However, mother nature seems to have… Read more Chirality in Nature: You can only use one of them

Welcome to another blog post on the applications of stereochemistry! This blog post will focus on exploring tacticity and crystallinity. Tacticity and crystallinity are… Read more Tacticity and Crystallinity : Some things can be arranged

Stereochemistry is of particular importance in the pharmaceuticals industry. This is evident in the way enantiomerism in pharmaceutical products produces… Read more Stereochemistry in Pharmaceuticals: Beyond the shape of the pill

How Does Stereochemistry Impact Drug Design? Isomerism is extremely important in the field of clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapeutics, as isomers… Read more Drug Design: When one size fits all backfires

Enzymes Ever wondered how the food you eat gets digested? Well, a group of very important proteins, known as enzymes,… Read more Enzymes & Receptors : Seeking out the perfect one

As we move on to pharmaceutical applications of stereochemistry, we have to understand how in the first place our body distinguishes different… Read more Ogston’s ‘Three Point Attachment’ Model