Difference between Enantiomorph and Enantiomer
What is the difference between Enantiomorph and Enantiomer?
Enantiomorph as a noun is mirror image, form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror. while Enantiomer as a noun is 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 centre, and a sample of either enantiomer will be optically active.
Enantiomorph
Part of speech: noun
Definition: Mirror image, form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror.
Either of a pair of crystals that are mirror images of each other, and are optically active.
A similar molecule or compound; an enantiomer.
Enantiomer
Part of speech: noun
Definition: 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 centre, and a sample of either enantiomer will be optically active.
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