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optical isomerism
optical isomerism n (Chemistry) isomerism of chemical compounds in which the two isomers differ only in that their molecules are mirror images of each other. See also dextrorotation, laevorotatory, racemize optical isomer noptical isomerism
optical isomerism[′äp·tə·kəl ī′säm·ə‚riz·ən] (physical chemistry) Existence of two forms of a molecule such that one is a mirror image of the other; the two molecules differ in that rotation of light is equal but in opposite directions. optical isomerism
optical isomerismn. Stereoisomerism involving the arrangement of substituents about an asymmetric carbon atom or atoms so that the various isomers differ in how they rotate a plane of polarized light.ThesaurusSeeisomerism |