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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

What are enantiomers?

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11 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer11 Years ago
Enantiomers are chiral molecules that are mirror images of one another. Furthermore, the molecules are non-superimposable on one another. This means that the molecules cannot be placed on top of one another and give the same molecule. Chiral molecules with one or more stereocenters can be enantiomers. It is sometimes difficult to determine whether or not two molecules are enantiomers. For introductory purposes, simple molecules will be used as examples. More complex examples will be given later.
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11 Years ago
the compounds with non superimposable mirror image relation are called enantiomers