enantiomers
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002134
A pair of stereoisomers that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other analogous to human hands. They have identical physical properties except for rotation of polarized light and identical chemical properties except for reactions with optical active reagents.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-002134 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | optical isomers; enantiomerism |
| Translations | Spanish: enantiómeros |
Record as JSON
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"id": "MLC-T-AGR-002134",
"term": "enantiomers",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A pair of stereoisomers that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other analogous to human hands. They have identical physical properties except for rotation of polarized light and identical chemical properties except for reactions with optical active reagents.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"optical isomers",
"enantiomerism"
],
"references": [
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "enantiómeros"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/enantiomers/"
}
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