Definitions For Stereoisomerism
Noun
STEREOISOMERISM. (countable and uncountable, plural STEREOISOMERISMs) (chemistry) 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.Synonyms
optical isomerismTranslations
Chinese: : Cantonese: 立體異構 (laap6 tai2 ji6 kau3, lap6 tai2 ji6 gau3) : Mandarin: 立體異構, tr=lìtǐ yìgòu Czech: stereoizomerie, f Finnish: stereoisomeria French: stéréoisomérie, f Greek: στερεοϊσομέρεια, f Italian: stereoisomeria, f Portuguese: estereoisomeria, f, estereoisomerismo, m Russian: {{t-needed, ru}} Spanish: estereoisomería, fEtymology
stereo + isomerismSee also
structural isomerism geometric isomerismIs Stereoisomerism a Scrabble Word?
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