title: A topological account of chirality.
abstract: Graph invariants may differentiate structural isomers but are inappropriate to account for stereoisomerism and to distinguish between chiral structures. This work is an attempt to address this problem. A chiral function F satisfying condition F(D) = -F(L), where D and L denote enantiomers of the same structure, has been applied in combination with Randic's index (1)chi(v). The resulting index chi(c) was used to explain the variance in thin-layer chromatographic retention indices.(1)
authors.affiliation: Chemical Research Center, H-1525 Budapest, P.O. Box 17, Hungary. lukovits@chemres.hu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lukovits
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Linert