Representation of the stereochemistry of amino acids in textbooks

Authors recommend either a return to the standard Fischer convention or the amino-carboxyl linear (AC linear) projection to represent amino acids. Current textbook conventions lead to confusion among readers.

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Published inJournal of chemical education Vol. 70; no. 4; p. 282
Main Authors Behrman, E. J, Means, G. E, Zhang, H
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Easton Division of Chemical Education 01.04.1993
American Chemical Society
Subjects
Amino acids
Chemistry
Organic chemistry
Science education
Stereochemistry
Textbooks
Textbook Forum
Textbooks / Reference Books
Upper-Division Undergraduate
Chemoinformatics
Amino Acids
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Summary:Authors recommend either a return to the standard Fischer convention or the amino-carboxyl linear (AC linear) projection to represent amino acids. Current textbook conventions lead to confusion among readers.
ISSN:0021-9584
1938-1328
DOI:10.1021/ed070p282