GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INVENTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Name the scientist who had discovered that some molecules have mirror images?
A
Lord Kelvin
B
Louis Pasteur
C
Robert Hooke
D
Henry Moseley
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Name the scientist who had discovered that some molecules have mirror images? Explanation: Louis Pasteur discovered that some molecules have mirror images and explained them as left-handed and right-handed versions of a chemical compound.

Detailed explanation-2: -For the science of biochirality, the first milestone was the discovery of molecular chirality by Louis Pasteur in 1848. Thereafter, fundamental advances were made, beginning in 1857 with Pasteur’s discovery of biological enantioselectivity, in the metabolism of (±)-tartaric acid.

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