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PRONUNCIATION OF ENANTIOMER

enantiomer  [ɛnˈæntɪəmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ENANTIOMER

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Enantiomer is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ENANTIOMER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Enantiomer

In chemistry, an enantiomer is one of two stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other that are non-superposable, much as one's left and right hands are the same except for opposite orientation. Organic compounds that contain a chiral carbon usually have two non-superposable structures. These two structures are mirror images of each other and are, thus, commonly called enantiomorphs, hence this structural property is now commonly referred to as enantiomerism. Enantiopure compounds refer to samples having, within the limits of detection, molecules of only one chirality. Enantiomers have, when present in a symmetric environment, identical chemical and physical properties except for their ability to rotate plane-polarized light by equal amounts but in opposite directions. A mixture of equal parts of an optically active isomer and its enantiomer is termed racemic and has zero net rotation of plane-polarized light because the positive rotation of each form is exactly counteracted by the negative rotation of a one. Enantiomers of each other often show different chemical reactions with other substances that are also enantiomers.

Definition of enantiomer in the English dictionary

The definition of enantiomer in the dictionary is a molecule that exhibits stereoisomerism because of the presence of one or more chiral centres.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ENANTIOMER


agama
ˈæɡəmə
anathema
əˈnæθəmə
asrama
ˈɑːʃrəmə
astronomer
əˈstrɒnəmə
bergama
ˈbɜːɡəmə
customer
ˈkʌstəmə
diastereomer
ˌdaɪəˈstɛrɪəmə
Dodoma
ˈdəʊdəmə
elastomer
ɪˈlæstəmə
Gautama
ˈɡaʊtəmə
gossamer
ˈɡɒsəmə
Gotama
ˈɡəʊtəmə
ionomer
aɪˈɒnəmə
isomer
ˈaɪsəmə
Latimer
ˈlætəmə
monomer
ˈmɒnəmə
tarama
ˈtærəmə
tautomer
ˈtɔːtəmə
tetramer
ˈtɛtrəmə
welcomer
ˈwelkəmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ENANTIOMER

enamine
enamor
enamorado
enamored
enamour
enamoured
enantiodromia
enantiodromic
enantiomeric
enantiomorph
enantiomorphic
enantiomorphism
enantiomorphous
enantiomorphy
enantiopathy
enantiosis
enantiostylous
enantiostyly
enantiotropic
enantiotropy

WORDS THAT END LIKE ENANTIOMER

baby boomer
baby-boomer
bloomer
boomer
comer
Cromer
gomer
groomer
homer
latecomer
misnomer
newcomer
oligomer
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overcomer
Plomer
randomer
second-homer
up-and-comer
vomer

Synonyms and antonyms of enantiomer in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «enantiomer» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ENANTIOMER

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Translator English - Chinese

对映体
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

enantiómero
570 millions of speakers

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enantiomer
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

enantiomer
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتماثل صوريا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

энантиомер
278 millions of speakers

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enantiômero
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এনানসোমার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

énantiomère
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Enantiomer
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Enantiomer
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

鏡像異性体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

거울상 이성질체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Enantiomer
85 millions of speakers
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enantiomer
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆடி எதிர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

एन्निथिओमर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

enantiyomer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

enantiomero
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

enancjomer
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

енантіомер
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

enantiomer
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

εναντιομερές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

enantiomeer
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

enantiomer
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

enantiomeren
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of enantiomer

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ENANTIOMER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about enantiomer

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ENANTIOMER»

Discover the use of enantiomer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to enantiomer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Enantiomer Separation: Fundamentals and Practical Methods
This is a modern and "green" procedure of enantiomer separation. These separation methods are described in several chapters of the book. Biological separation methods and "green" methods are covered in two chapters.
Fumio Toda, 2007
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The World of Chemistry: Essentials: Essentials
One enantiomer of a chiral drug is usually more active than the other in fighting a disease. In 1992, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released long- awaited guidelines for the marketing of chiral drugs. The decision about whether to ...
Melvin D. Joesten, John L. Hogg, Mary E. Castellion, 2006
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Invitation to Organic Chemistry
Fortunately, the inactive R enantiomer is not harmful to the body. Why is one enantiomer physiologically active while the other is not? For a molecule to have a biological effect, it must interact with a particular receptor site in the body.
Alyn William Johnson, 1999
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Organic Chemistry
R enantiomer S enantiomer R enantiomer Planar carbocation (achiral) Cl Cl Cl Cl C9Cl C1 9 CH 3 OH 9H1 H H C9OCH 3 CH 3 O9C H H 1 Cl 2 A racemic mixture The SN1 mechanismjust described results in complete racemization. Although ...
William Brown, Christopher Foote, Brent Iverson, 2011
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Organic Chemistry
For an equimolar mixture of two enantiomers, the rotation induced by one enantiomer exactly cancels that of the other, and the mixture does not rotate the plane of polarized light. Such a 50 : 50 mixture of enantiomers is optically inactive and is ...
Marye Anne Fox, James K. Whitesell, 2004
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Essentials of Organic Chemistry: For Students of Pharmacy, ...
This informal text also places the main emphasis on understanding and predicting reactivity rather than synthetic methodology as well as utilising a mechanism based layout and featuring annotated schemes to reduce the need for textual ...
Paul M. Dewick, 2013
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Cracking the MCAT with CD-ROM
enantiomer, which rotates the plane of polarized light to the left. To determine which enantiomer is (+) and which is (-), we subject each one to polarimeter. The polarimeter will indicate in which direction the plane of polarized light is rotated ...
James L. Flowers, Princeton Review, Theodore Silver, 2004
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General Organic and Biological Chemistry
□FIGURE | 10.7 Mirror Stereoisomers and biochemistry (a) The enantiomers of carvone and the aminoacid asparagine have very different flavors. (b) One stereoisomer ofa drug may have a very different biological effect than its enantiomer.
Kenneth W. Raymond, 2009
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Handbook of Reagents for Organic Synthesis, Chiral Reagents ...
C02H ,C02H Ph C02H (6) (7) r-Bu CO2H OH (8) As mentioned above, one of the limitations of using naturally occurring resolving agents is that only one enantiomer of the compound being resolved may be readily accessible by resolution.
Leo A. Paquette, 1999
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Organic Chemistry: An Intermediate Text
If one enantiomer is present in excess over the other, then the solution will have a net rotation corresponding in sign (+ or −) to that of the more abundant enantiomer. The composition of the mixture is denoted by the optical purity or the percent ...
Robert V. Hoffman, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ENANTIOMER»

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Extending the Range of Laboratory-Scale Purification by Utilising …
... greater quantities of material are required; this can be in the region of 200 g of pure enantiomer for those compounds requiring toxicological ... «Labmate Online, Jul 15»
2
Small molecule chromatography demand driving expansion, says …
As a result, synthetic approaches have become more difficult, especially when aiming to produce a single enantiomer – a chiral molecule that is ... «OutSourcing-Pharma.com, Jul 15»
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Probing molecular chirality on a sub-femtosecond timescale
A simultaneous change of the sign of ellipticity and the enantiomer leaves the .... S-enantiomer (a) and R-enantiomer (b) show opposite response to the sign of ... «Nature.com, Jun 15»
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New Technique To Accurately Detect The 'Handedness' Of …
The research, Enantiomer Specific Analysis of Multi-Component Mixtures by Correlated Electron Imaging-Ion Mass Spectrometry, was funded ... «Photonics Online, Jun 15»
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New technique to accurately detect the 'handedness' of molecules in …
The research, Enantiomer Specific Analysis of Multi-Component Mixtures by Correlated Electron Imaging-Ion Mass Spectrometry, was funded ... «Nanowerk, Jun 15»
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Teva's Generic Focalin XR Available in New Strength
It is the more pharmacologically active d-enantiomer of racemic methylphenidate, is thought to block the reuptake of norepinephrine and ... «Monthly Prescribing Reference, Jun 15»
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As Philae Awakes - Where Might Life Hide In Our Solar System?
These have only one version of a chiral compound (only one enantiomer) instead of equal numbers of both. As a result, it can separate out ... «Science 2.0, Jun 15»
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Long range chirality transfer observed
Chirality is crucial to biology, with most biomolecules existing as one enantiomer. Detecting chirality helps analysts determine whether a ... «Royal Society of Chemistry, Jun 15»
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Evidence Mounting for Ketamine for Treatment-Resistant Depression
Esketamine, an enantiomer of ketamine, is in Phase II development as of July 2014. Zarate mentioned a study that found esketamine also ... «Psychiatry Advisor, May 15»
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The SUV39H1 inhibitor chaetocin induces differentiation and shows …
Unnatural enantiomer of chaetocin shows strong apoptosis-inducing activity through caspase-8/caspase-3 activation. Bioorg Med Chem Lett ... «Nature.com, May 15»

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