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The optical activity of molecules is extremely sensitive to changes in their structure, particularly to conformational transformations, and depends to a large extent on intermolecular interactions. The reason for this high sensitivity is quite clear, lying in the difference in the phases of a light wave at different points in an asymmetric molecule. In studying the optical activity of a molecule, we are thus investigating the interference of light waves in it [63].
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Vol’kenshtein, M.V. (1969). Optical Activity. In: Enzyme Physics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2834-4_7
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