ENANTIOMERS (OPTICAL ISOMERS; STEREOISOMERS)


Meaning of ENANTIOMERS (OPTICAL ISOMERS; STEREOISOMERS) in English

Two molecules that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other. One enantiomer rotates plane-polarized light to the left; the other rotates it to the right.

General chemistry English glossary.      Английский глоссарий общей химии.