Shaken martini not stirred, why?

For many of you who are out of the Education system, many schools, sxith forms and colleges have began to use the term "home learning" rather than "homework" in an attempt to help students understand that additional work which is set is not for the teacher (which homework might suggest) but rather for the student's developement (as home learning is supposed to suggest).

Last Chemistry lesson, I was set a very bizarre peice of home learning. I was given a question; "Why does James Bond prefer his martini to be shaken, not stirred?" We are currently studying an enormous chapter about compounds containing the carbonyl group and have just completed a section on reactions with aldehydes and ketones. This information may be somewhat relevant to the answer.

I haven't began looking for the answer yet, but i'll be spending a few minutes of my time in search of a decent Chemistry related answer. If any of you genuises could give a hand then that would be great! If not, I shall let you know what the answer is when I'm back on here hopefully. First thing I need to do is find out what a martini is lol. =/ 


The term is made famous by Ian Flemmings character James Bond. In his original novel; Casino Royale.

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Hope that helped.

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Thank you very much Sephy. I think this is what I'm looking for. I'll have to write down a few sentences from this. It's in for tomorrow.