Claborn K, Cedres JH, Isborn C, Zozulya A, Weckert E, Kaminsky W, Kahr B. Optical rotation of achiral pentaerythritol. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 2006;128(46):14746–14747.
Abstract
The optical rotatory power of achiral crystals of achiral pentaerythritol molecules was measured. The maximum rotations were found to be +/-6 degrees /mm. The quantum mechanically computed rotation of pentaerythritol molecules using linear response theory was 6 times larger although the experimental and theoretical tensors were similarly oriented to within 5 degrees .
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