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- noun Isomerism created by differences in the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.
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- noun chemistry A form of
isomerism in whichatoms arearranged differently about achiral centre (or centre ofasymmetry ); theyexhibit optical activity ; in amolecule with asingle chiral centre the two isomers (enantiomers ) aremirror images of each other; in a molecule withmultiple chiral centres the isomers (diastereoisomers ) are not normally mirror images.
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