Of or relating to the structural characteristic of a molecule that makes it impossible to superimpose it on its mirror image.
chirality chi·ral'i·ty (kī-răl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Of or relating to the structural characteristic of a molecule that makes it impossible to superimpose it on its mirror image.
chi·ral'i·ty (kī-răl'ĭ-tē) n.
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- Fischer projection (organic chemistry)
- absolute configuration (organic chemistry)
- stereocenter (organic chemistry)
- asymmetric induction
- asymmetric carbon atom (organic chemistry)
- optical twinning (crystallography)
- epimerism
- enantiomeric pair
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- Karl Barry Sharpless (American chemist)
- asymmetric
- handed
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