Optical rotation of sugars – chirality

Declan Fleming shows us how the optical properties of sugars can be revealed by the use of polarisers.
See the article that accompanies this video in the January 2012 issue of Education in Chemistry magazine - http://www.rsc.org/Education/EiC/issues/2012January/chirality-in-sugars.asp

This is part of the Education in Chemistry Exhibition Chemistry series: chemistry demonstrations to capture your students' imaginations: http://rsc.li/EiCExChem

Видео Optical rotation of sugars – chirality канала Royal Society Of Chemistry