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PASTEUR, Louis (1822-1895). Recherches sur la Dissymtrie molculaire des produits organiques naturels. Leons professes la Socit Chimique de Paris le 20 janvier et le 3 fvrier 1860. Paris: Hachette, 1861.
8 (216 x 132mm). Modern green half morocco by Honelatre (spine faded).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. After having received his doctorate for both physics and chemistry in 1847 Pasteur continued his work at the Ecole Normale Suprieure and it was there that he initiated his studies on optical activity which were to make his early reputation. Pasteur was able to suggest that 'the atoms of a right-handed compound might be arranged in the form of a right-handed spiral, or situated at the corners of an irregular tetrahedron'. Although he did not develop this suggestion fully, it founded 'the concept of the asymmetrical carbon atom, which underlies all subsequent developments in stereochemistry' (DSB). Pasteur delivered this paper as a lecture to the Socit chi mique de Paris in 1860 and it appeared in the society's journal the next year, simultaneous with its separate publication by Hachette. Bolton, Bib. of Chemistry p.839 (journal publication); PMM 336a.
8 (216 x 132mm). Modern green half morocco by Honelatre (spine faded).
FIRST EDITION IN BOOK FORM. After having received his doctorate for both physics and chemistry in 1847 Pasteur continued his work at the Ecole Normale Suprieure and it was there that he initiated his studies on optical activity which were to make his early reputation. Pasteur was able to suggest that 'the atoms of a right-handed compound might be arranged in the form of a right-handed spiral, or situated at the corners of an irregular tetrahedron'. Although he did not develop this suggestion fully, it founded 'the concept of the asymmetrical carbon atom, which underlies all subsequent developments in stereochemistry' (DSB). Pasteur delivered this paper as a lecture to the Socit chi mique de Paris in 1860 and it appeared in the society's journal the next year, simultaneous with its separate publication by Hachette. Bolton, Bib. of Chemistry p.839 (journal publication); PMM 336a.