This led him to develop the L and D series for the stereochemical configuration of sugars and allowed him to predict future isomers.
Beginning his most famous work in 1884, he based his studies on the earlier work of van't Hoff concerning the importance of three-dimensional structure in atoms and its effect on optical activity. Synthesizing the first available isolated samples, he showed that the best known types contained six carbon atoms and that the each different arrangement led to a different polarization when light was shown through the sample. This led him to develop the L and D series for the stereochemical configuration of sugars and allowed him to predict future isomers. FTP, name this chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in 1902.
Beginning his most famous work in 1884, he based his studies on the earlier work of van't Hoff concerning the importance of three-dimensional structure in atoms and its effect on optical activity.
Emil Hermann Fischer