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Enantiomers on Breaking Bad

Methamphetamine has a chiral center, meaning that the molecule contains a carbon atom attached to four different atoms or groups at about 104o from each other. In addition, the molecule has only one chiral center; if it had a pair of centers along with an internal plane of symmetry, it would not be an enantiomer. The dextrorotatory(+) form of metamphetamine shown on the right affects the central nervous system by releasing dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine, but its levorotatory(-) enantiomer merely acts as a rarely diagnosed nasal decongestant. (Experimentally derived, the (+) designation refers to the ability of such a sample to rotate a plane of polarized light clockwise. The (-)compound rotates the plane in the opposite direction.)