enantiomer

enantio- +‎ -mer

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enantiomer (plural enantiomers)

A pair of enantiomers; Even when the left image is rotated around the vertical axis, one H atom will be in front of the plane while the other is behind.

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.

• enantiomorph
• optical isomer

• enantiomeric

• diastereoisomer
• dextro-, D-
• levo-, L-

• namirotene, renominate