The scientist we are looking for this time developed an important chemical theory at the same time as, but independently of a famous Danish chemist. Our chemist also coined the term for the change in optical rotation that can be observed in the solution of a chiral compound due to a change in the configuration at a stereogenic center.

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• The Guess the Chemist answer was published on October 26, 2024.

 

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