Like right and left hands (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Like right and left hands

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: Quantum mechanical zero-point vibration—the “trembling” of the atoms—makes formic acid a chiral molecule whose two forms, like the right and left hand, cannot be superimposed.

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Institute for Nuclear Physics, Goethe University Frankfurt

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