What is the difference between what is the difference between L-norepinephrine and D-norepinephrine?

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What is the difference between what is the difference between L-norepinephrine and D-norepinephrine?

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The L and D are the latin terms for the rotation of other elements around the chiral carbon. L levorotary and D dextrotary. The natural version is L norepinephrine.

A rule of thumb for determining the D/L isomeric form of an amino acid is the "CORN" rule. The groups:

COOH, R, NH2 and H (where R is a variant carbon chain)

are arranged around the chiral center carbon atom. Sighting with the hydrogen atom away from the viewer, if these groups are arranged clockwise around the carbon atom, then it is the D-form. If counter-clockwise, it is the L-form.

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