Associations to the word «Enantiomer»

Wiktionary

ENANTIOMER, noun. (chemistry) One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer. Almost always, a pair of enantiomers contain at least one chiral center, and a sample of either enantiomer will be optically active.

Dictionary definition

ENANTIOMER, noun. Either one of a pair of compounds (crystals or molecules) that are mirror images on each other but are not identical.

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne