OK! I've had some fun with "advanced programming" of Jmol. See
http://chemapps.stolaf.edu/klotho/?q=D-allose
At least for this limited set of compounds, this code does a pretty
reasonable job of finding the DL-determining carbon and orienting the model
in relation to it. Lesson: If you ever want to orient a model in a certain
way, consider using a quaternion.
Bob
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Robert M. Hanson
Professor of Chemistry
St. Olaf College
1520 St. Olaf Ave.
Northfield, MN 55057
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/hansonr
phone: 507-786-3107
If nature does not answer first what we want,
it is better to take what answer we get.
-- Josiah Willard Gibbs, Lecture XXX, Monday, February 5, 1900
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