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enantiomer
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thumb|(S)-(+)-lactic acid (left) and (R)-(–)-lactic acid (right) are non-superposable mirror images of each other.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Naming conventions
- Chirality centers
- Examples
- Chiral drugs
- Enantioselective preparations
- Parity violation
- Quasi-enantiomers
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|(S)-(+)-lactic acid (left) and (R)-(–)-lactic acid (right) are non-superposable mirror images of each other.
In chemistry, an enantiomer (/ɪˈnænti.əmər, ɛ-, -oʊ-/ ih-NAN-tee-ə-mər), also known as an optical isomer, antipode, or optical antipode, is one of a pair of molecular entities which are mirror images of each other and non-superposable.
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