Flack H D
Faculté des sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
Acta Crystallogr A. 2009 Sep;65(Pt 5):371-89. doi: 10.1107/S0108767309024088. Epub 2009 Aug 12.
Pasteur's chemical and crystallographic work is described. The article commences with a brief overview of related science (chemical structure, crystallography, optical activity) before and after 1848, the year of the discovery of molecular chirality and spontaneous resolution. Concerning this discovery, three separate and varying reports are described. These are: (i) the publications in the scientific literature, (ii) the early (auto)biographies and (iii) Pasteur's handwritten laboratory notebooks. The three versions give differing views on the topic. Subsequently all of Pasteur's crystallographic and chemical work is passed in review, a topic very rarely broached. Pasteur's view in later life on this part of his work is examined. The article concludes with a discussion of the term dissymmetry used by Pasteur.
本文描述了巴斯德的化学和晶体学工作。文章开篇简要概述了1848年分子手性和自发拆分发现前后的相关科学（化学结构、晶体学、旋光性）。关于这一发现，描述了三个不同的报告。它们分别是：（i）科学文献中的出版物，（ii）早期的（自）传记，以及（iii）巴斯德的手写实验室笔记本。这三个版本对该主题给出了不同的观点。随后回顾了巴斯德所有的晶体学和化学工作，这是一个很少被提及的话题。审视了巴斯德晚年对其这部分工作的看法。文章最后讨论了巴斯德使用的“不对称”一词。
