6.1旋光性与对映异构 (Optical Activity and Enantiotropy) 6.2立体化学中的几个基本概念 6.3旋光性与分子结构的关系 6.4构型表示与标记法 (Specification of Configuration) 6.5含一个手性碳原子的对映异构 Compounds containing One Chiral C) 6.6含有多个手性碳原子的化合物 6.7旋光物质的制备 6.8反应过程中的立体化学 Stereochemistry of the Reactions)
Before 1951 only relative configurations of chiral molecules were known. Configurations of chiral molecules were related to each other through reactions of known stereochemistry. The standard compound was glyceraldehyde