enantiomer

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Noun

enantiomer (plural enantiomers)

1. (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.

Synonyms

• enantiomorph
• optical isomer

Translations

• French: énantiomère
• German: Enantiomer
• Italian: enantiomero
• Portuguese: enantiómero (Portugal), enantiômero (Brazil)
• Russian: энантиоме́р
• Spanish: enantiómero

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