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The thalidomide tragedy occurred because the drug contained mirror-image isomers, causing a large number of newborns to be born with congenital defects.

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10/11/2026

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2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry: A Century-Long Breakthrough in Asymmetric Synthesis

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UnverifiedThalidomide, sold as a racemate in the 1950s–60s, had one enantiomer with sedative and antiemetic effects while the other was strongly teratogenic, resulting in thousands of infants born with severe limb defects.77% similar

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