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Overlooked opportunities in stereochemistry. Part III: Alfred Werner's awareness of spontaneous resolutions and of the meaning of hemihedral faces in optically active crystals

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Bernal, I., Kauffman, G.B. Overlooked opportunities in stereochemistry. Part III: Alfred Werner's awareness of spontaneous resolutions and of the meaning of hemihedral faces in optically active crystals. Struct Chem 4, 131–138 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00677373

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