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enantiomers

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enantiomers (i·nanˑ·tē··merz),
n.pl molecules that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of one another resulting from the chirality exhibited by organic compounds (containing an asymmetrical carbon); enantiomers differ in their ability to rotate plane-polarized light. Also called
enantiomorphs. See also chirality.


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