Guest guest Posted September 23, 2002 Report Share Posted September 23, 2002 In a message dated 9/21/02 3:19:46 PM, writes: >I meant that I'm not sure how they decide which one they're going to call > >the " left-hand " one and which one they're going to call the " right-hand " > >one. The quick and dirty of the D, L configuration is that D is used when the hydroxyl group (OH) is to the *right* and L when it is to the *left* as compared to its position in D-glyceraldehyde. Namaste, Liz <A HREF= " http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html " > http://www.csun.edu/~ecm59556/Healthycarb/index.html</A> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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