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perhaps the most
recognized example of chirality. The left hand is a non-
superposable mirror image of the
right hand; no
matter how the two
hands are oriented...
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stereocenters can be
defined as
enantiomers (non-
superposable mirror images) and
diastereomers (non-
superposable, non-identical, non-mirror
image molecules)...
- or more stereocenters, the
molecule is not chiral. A meso
compound is
superposable on its
mirror image (not to be
confused with superimposable, as any two...
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there are up to four
possible configurations, and they
cannot all be non-
superposable mirror images of each other. The
possibilities for
different isomers...
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especially useful for more
complex compounds.
Diastereomers are non-
superposable, non-identical stereoisomers. A
common example of
diastereomerism is...
- with
three oxalate ligands displays helical chirality with its two non-
superposable geometries labelled Λ (lambda) for the left-handed **** axis and Δ (delta)...
- of
molecular entities which are
mirror images of each
other and non-
superposable.
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- non-planar
arrangement about an axis of
chirality so that the
molecule is not
superposable on its
mirror image. The axis of
chirality (or
chiral axis) is usually...
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other by a reflection: they are
mirror images of each
other that are non-
superposable.
Human hands are a
macroscopic analog of this.
Every stereogenic center...
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entire initial molecule", the
result of
which is a "product" that is "
superposable on the
initial one,
unless different positions are
distinguished by substitution...
