Examples
Optical and spectroscopic effects connected to molecular chirality, like optical rotation, electronic circular dichroism, vibrational circular dichroism, Raman optical activity, Circularly Polarized Phosphorescence, Magneto-chiral birefringence, and Magneto-chiral dichroism:
Determination of the absolute configuration (R or S) by ECD simulations
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Can MChD be measured on methyloxirane and Alanine?
Also, optical and spectroscopical effects induced by the presence of internal/external sources of magnetic field, like in Magnetic Circular Dichroism spectroscopy and Nuclear Spin Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy are considered
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Can we use MCD to distinguish the La and Lb states of Adenine?
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Is NSCD feasible? Would it be as informative as NMR?
Advanced X-ray spectroscopies, in particular on X-ray absorption and dichroism effects accessible via state-of-the-art synchrotron and free-electron-laser technology, like e.g. (time-resolved) Near Edge Absorption Fine Structure (NEXAFS, TR-NEXAFS), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS, TR-XPS), Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering, etc.
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Can we use X-FEL technology to probe the ultrafast internal conversion of DNA bases?