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THE odour differences of optical isomers have been reviewed by Naves1. To date, the most that has been observed is a slight difference in the strength or ‘note’, and this has often disappeared when the substances were rigorously purified. More important, I know of no cases where one of the enantiomers is odorous and the other is not. These facts have a significance which has so far been overlooked.
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WRIGHT, R. Odour of Optical Isomers. Nature 198, 782 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/198782a0
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