A term referring to the optical techniques (using refraction, absorption or emission of anisotropic radiation) for investigating chiral substances [e.g. measurements of optical rotation at a fixed wavelength, optical rotatory dispersion
(ORD), circular dichroism
(CD), and circular polarization of luminescence
(CPL)].
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193
(Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2203
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry
http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/C01064.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
