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- noun chemistry the property displayed by a
prochiral molecule or other entity; protostereoisomerism
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This did not seem such a formidable task, although it was not until 1963 that Kenneth Hanson and I solved the historically important problem of the prochirality of citric acid7, which was necessary for me to gain a proper perspective on the aconitate hydratase reaction.
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