Chiral and structural analysis of biomolecules by ion mobility-mass spectrometry (CAT#: STEM-ST-0095-LJX)

Introduction

Chiral molecules are molecules with a certain configuration or conformation that are different from their mirror images and cannot be overlapped with each other. Cahn et al. proposed to use "chirality" to express the relationship between optically active molecules and stereoscopic images whose mirrors cannot overlap. Chirality is equal to the relationship between left and right hands, which cannot overlap each other. All chiral molecules are optically active, and all molecules of optically active compounds are chiral. Chiral molecules include asymmetric molecules that do not have any symmetry factors and asymmetric molecules that have simple symmetry axes but no other symmetry factors.