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Chiral Switching & Racemic Mixtures vs Single Enantiomers Questions

 

I’m working on a chemistry multi-part question and need support to help me understand better.

Read the information provided in the links below to learn about the impact of using racemic mixtures of active drugs versus the use of single enantiomers and formulate your thoughts to write a post for this week that include the following. Please be sure to include the question when responding to the topic.

  • Explain the meaning of Chiral Switching
  • Do you think the use of pure enantiomers in drugs is a matter of safety or profit?
  • How do you feel about the approval of  the use  of Thalidomide for the treatment of other diseases? 
  • Please use the following supporting resource 
  • https://www.ajmc.com/view/assessing-the-chiral-swi…