enantiomer

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Etymology

enantio- + -mer

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• enantiomorph
• optical isomer

Translations

one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers

• Arabic: إينانشيومير
• Danish: enantiomer (da)
• Dutch: enantiomeer
• Esperanto: enantiomero (eo), spegulizomero (eo)
• Finnish: enantiomeeri (fi)
• French: énantiomère (fr)
• German: Enantiomer (de)

• Hebrew: אננטיומר
• Italian: enantiomero (it)
• Korean: 거울상체 (geoulsangche)
• Malay: enantiomer (ms)
• Polish: enancjomer
• Spanish: enantiómero
• Swedish: enantiomer (sv)

Derived terms

• enantiomeric

See also

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

Anagrams

• renominate