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enantiomerically

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adv

Meaning 1

In the manner of an enantiomer

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich Enantiomerically pure cyclopropanes are very useful chiral building blocks since they may be converted to a variety of acyclic and cyclic products through stereochemically well-defined ring-opening reactions or rearrangements.

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Etymology tree English enantiomeric Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English enantiomerically From enantiomeric + -ally.