- nonsuperimposable
- non·superimposable
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nonsuperimposable
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nonsuperimposable — “+ adjective : not capable of being superimposed … Useful english dictionary
enantiomer — noun Etymology: Greek enantios + English mer Date: circa 1929 either of a pair of chemical compounds whose molecular structures have a nonsuperimposable mirror image relationship to each other compare diastereomer • enantiomeric adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
optical activity — Physical Chem. the ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of plane polarized light. [1875 80] * * * Ability of a substance to rotate the plane of polarization of a beam of light passed through it, either as crystals or in… … Universalium
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Knowles, William S. — ▪ American chemist born June 1, 1917, Taunton, Massachusetts, U.S. American chemist who, with Noyori Ryōji and K. Barry Sharpless (Sharpless, K. Barry), won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 for developing the first chiral catalysts.… … Universalium
Noyori Ryōji — ▪ Japanese chemist born September 3, 1938, Kōbe, Japan Japanese chemist who, with K. Barry Sharpless (Sharpless, K. Barry) and William S. Knowles (Knowles, William S.), won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 for developing the first… … Universalium
Sharpless, K. Barry — ▪ American chemist born April 28, 1941, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. American scientist who, with William S. Knowles (Knowles, William S.) and Noyori Ryōji, won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2001 for developing the first chiral… … Universalium
chiral — Denoting an object, such as a molecule in a given configuration or conformation, that possesses chirality. A c. molecule has no plane, axis, or center of symmetry. * * * chi·ral kī rəl … Medical dictionary
enantiomer — One of a pair of molecules that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other; neither molecule has an internal plane of symmetry. SYN: optic antipode. [enantio + G. meros, part] * * * en·an·tio·mer in ant ē ə mər n either of a pair of… … Medical dictionary
mirror-image relationship — noun : the relationship of an object to its mirror image; specifically : the relationship exhibited by two similar but nonsuperimposable crystals or molecular structures see asymmetric carbon atom illustration, enantiomorphism … Useful english dictionary
