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[2] If two identical substituents are attached to an sp 3-hybridized atom, the descriptors pro-R and pro-S are used to distinguish between the two. Promoting the pro-R substituent to higher priority than the other identical substituent results in an R chirality center at the original sp 3-hybridized atom, and analogously for the pro-S substituent.
Enantioselective ketone reductions convert prochiral ketones into chiral, non-racemic alcohols and are used heavily for the synthesis of stereodefined alcohols. [1]Carbonyl reduction, the net addition of H 2 across a carbon-oxygen double bond, is an important way to prepare alcohols.
Levofloxacin as an example of a chiral switch. A chiral switch is a chiral drug that has already approved as racemate but has been re-developed as a single enantiomer. [1] [2] The term chiral switching was introduced by Agranat and Caner in 1999 [3] to describe the development of single enantiomers from racemate drugs.
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The grants can be applied to accessibility-related modifications like a walk-in bathtub, installing grab bars in showers and changes that make a home more accessible for those with disabilities.
One was that under the law, seniors could be denied care due to their age [369] and the other that the government would advise seniors to end their lives instead of receiving care. The ostensible basis of these claims was the provision for an Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB). [ 370 ]
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