Publication
Chiral vs. Symmetric States in Optical Isomers
                                   
                V.M. Pérez-García, I. Gonzalo, J.L. Pérez Díaz
     
                    Nuovo Cimento D, 15, 621-629 (1993).
                MOLAB authors
                    
                        Pérez García, Victor M..                     
                                
                 Abstract
                
                
                    An extension of a recent model explaining the stability of chiral molecules is presented here. From the comparison between the energy reduction produced by the adoption of a chiral form and that produced by a symmetric superposition of chiral states it is concluded that the true fundamental state of the chiral molecules is the chiral one, which eliminates the well-known «optical-isomers paradox». Also, a discussion on the main differences between the approach used here and the previous attempts of explanation based in the double-well model is made.                
                
             
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
											 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								 
								