Assertion: thalidomide | /r/HasProperty | chiral molecule
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text: Prescribed widely to pregnant women for the treatment of morning sickness, it was later discovered that Thalidomide is a chiral molecule and while the left-handed molecule was effective, the right-handed one was highly toxic.
text: Thalidomide is chiral, and the Contergen was a racemic mixture: equal amounts of the (R)- and (S)-enantiomers.
text: Thalidomide is a chiral molecule and the drug that was marketed was a 50/50 mixture of left and right-handed molecules.