VariousWords beta
Related Terms:
mirror image
stereoisomeric
structural isomerism
diastereoisomer
molecule
differently
arranged
ditactic
single
multiple
optically active
exhibit
optical activity
tritactic
asymmetry
stereohomosequence
atom
chiral
isomerism
enantiomer
centre
cyclostereoisomerism
diastereoisomerism
geometric isomerism
stereoisomer
stereosequence
Noun
Definition: A form of isomerism in which atoms are arranged differently about a chiral centre (or centre of asymmetry). They exhibit optical activity, and in a molecule with a single chiral centre the two isomers (enantiomers) are mirror images of each other whereas in a molecule with multiple chiral centres the isomers (diastereoisomers) are not normally mirror images.