homochiral
English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]homochiral (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Having the same chirality.
- (chemistry, by extension, nonstandard) Enantiopure.
Usage notes
[edit]- Homochiral is sometimes used to mean enantiopure, but this is proscribed.[1][2]
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Eric V. Anslyn, Dennis A. Dougherty, Modern Physical Organic Chemistry (2006, →ISBN), page 306
- ^ IUPAC Gold Book