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PRONUNCIATION OF OPTICAL ISOMERISM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPTICAL ISOMERISM

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Optical isomerism is a noun.
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WHAT DOES OPTICAL ISOMERISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chirality (chemistry)

A chiral molecule /ˈkaɪərəl/ is a type of molecule that has a non-superposable mirror image. The presence of an asymmetric carbon atom is often the feature that causes chirality in molecules. Achiral objects, such as atoms, are symmetrical, identical to their mirror image. Human hands are perhaps the most universally 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, it is impossible for all the major features of both hands to coincide. This difference in symmetry becomes obvious if a left-handed glove is placed on a right hand. The term chirality is derived from the Greek word for hand, χειρ. It is a mathematical approach to the concept of "handedness". In chemistry, chirality usually refers to molecules. Two mirror images of a chiral molecule are called enantiomers or optical isomers. Pairs of enantiomers are often designated as "right-" and "left-handed". Molecular chirality is of interest because of its application to stereochemistry in inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, biochemistry, and supramolecular chemistry.

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Synonyms and antonyms of optical isomerism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «optical isomerism» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPTICAL ISOMERISM

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Translator English - Chinese

光学异构
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

isomería óptica
570 millions of speakers

English

optical isomerism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ऑप्टिकल संवयविता
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

تصاوغ بصري
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

оптический изомерия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

isomeria óptica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপটিক্যাল isomerism
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

isomérie optique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Isomerisme optik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

optische Isomerie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

光学異性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

광학 이성질체
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Isomerisme optik
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

đồng phân quang học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆப்டிகல் சமோமியம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑप्टिकल isomerism
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Optik izomerizm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

isomeria ottica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

izomeria optyczna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

оптичний ізомерія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

izomerie optică
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

οπτική ισομέρεια
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

optiese isomerie
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

optisk isomeri
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

optisk isomeri
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPTICAL ISOMERISM»

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Chemistry in Context
II Would you expect (a) CH2ClF (b) CHClBrF to show optical isomerism? 5 Which of the isomeric alcohols whose structures you wrote earlier in this section would show optical isomerism? Write the structures of the enantiomers. E Write the ...
Graham Hill, John Holman, 2000
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Competition Science Vision
A hexacoordination complex having composition, [Mabcdet] will show — (A) Geometrical isomerism only (B) Optical isomerism only (C) Both geometrical and optical isomerism (D) No isomerism 4. A pair of complexes represented as ...
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Competition Science Vision
A hexacoordination complex having composition, [Mabcdef\ will show — (A) Geometrical isomerism only (B) Optical isomerism only (C) Both geometrical and optical isomerism (D) No isomerism 4. A pair of complexes represented as ...
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Advanced Level Chemistry A2: For Aqa Specification B
For Aqa Specification B John Atkinson, Carol Hibert. Optical isomerism Optical isomerism is a type of stereoisomerism that is particularly important in biological systems. This is because enzymes, which control the reactions in the cell, are ...
John Atkinson, Carol Hibert, 2001
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Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Definition of some terms related with optical isomerism Before discussing the optical isomerism shown by various types of complexes we will define some important terms related to this isomerism. When the solutions of certain complex ...
‎2005
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Objective Question Bank in Chemistry
Optical isomerism - This type of isomerism arises because of lack of symmetry in the complex. Examples are tris oxalato chromate (III) ion, [Cr(Ox)3 ]3_ and tris ( ethylene diamine) cobalt (III) ion, [Co(en)3 ]3+. Compounds having co-ordination  ...
B.K. Sharma, 1997
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Advanced Organic Chemistry
... Optical Activity : Plane-polarized Light (107), Plane of Symmetry (108), Chiral Carbon Atom (109), Optical Isomerism (109), Optical Isomerism of Lactic Acid ( 110), Condition for Optical Isomerism (110), Optical Isomerism of Tartaric Acid ( 111) ...
Arun Bahl, 2010
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The Pearson Guide to Objective Chemistry for the AIEEE
Complexes with coordination number four, having tetrahedral structure can exhibit optical isomerism when all the four ligands are of different types. • Compound of type Ma^x^y^, Ma2x,yz, Ma^xyzl, Mabcxyz, M(au)3, M(aa)2x2 show optical ...
Singhal Atul, 2010
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Stereochemistry
Contents: Geometrical Isomerism, Stereochemistry of Alicyclic Compounds, Optical Isomerism, Stereochemistry of Some Elements Other than Carbon, Nucleophilic Substitution at a Saturated Carbon Atom, Asymmetric Synthesis.
R. K. Sharma, 2008
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Organophosphorus Compounds—Advances in Research and ...
... medium or using peroxide compounds, e.g. hydrogen peroxide or peracetic acid, creates just these sorts of problems, introducing a center of optical isomerism into the converted molecule, i.e. a chiral center, and creating enantiomers where ...
‎2013

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPTICAL ISOMERISM»

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JEE Advanced 2015: syllabus for Chemistry
bonds; Shapes of simple organic molecules; Structural and geometrical isomerism; Optical isomerism of compounds containing up to two ... «India Today, Feb 15»

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