Ernst‐Heiner ‐H KorteBernhard SchraderSauvarop BualekHans Jürgen KrabbeInstitute for Analytical Sciences, DortmundUniversitat Duisburg-EssenMahidol UniversityRWE2018-03-222018-03-221977-01-01Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. Vol.16, No.11 (1977), 790-79115213773057008332-s2.0-84980136349https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/10247The absolute configuration of molecules with a chiral center can be established by a new empirical procedure: nematic phases of liquid‐crystalline compounds become cholesteric on dissolution of a chiral “guest substance”. The sign of the measured Reflection Cotton Effect provides information whether the three ligands of greatest priority a > b > c (see priority scheme) are arranged clockwise or counterclockwise. (Figure Presented.) Copyright © 1977 by Verlag Chemie, GmbH, GermanyMahidol UniversityChemical EngineeringChemistryArticleSCOPUS10.1002/anie.197707901