Amol

Well, dear child, Amol stands for "enantiomeric excess" and it's a big fancy word that scientists use to talk about how much of one type of molecule they have compared to another type. Let me explain it this way: imagine you have a bunch of toy cars, some red and some blue. If you have more red cars than blue cars, you have a positive amol, or a positive enantiomeric excess. If you have more blue cars than red cars, you have a negative amol, or a negative enantiomeric excess. Scientists use amol to measure the amount of a specific type of molecule in a mixture and to determine the purity of that mixture. It's like counting how many red and blue toy cars you have to see which color is more dominant. Hope that helps, kiddo!