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axial chirality

axial chirality noun: a type of molecular asymmetry, or chirality, where a molecule lacks a chiral center (a carbon atom with four different groups) but instead possesses a chiral axis.

Noun

axial chirality (uncountable)

  1. A type of molecular asymmetry, or chirality, where a molecule lacks a chiral center (a carbon atom with four different groups) but instead possesses a chiral axis.

Questions about axial chirality

What does axial chirality mean?
Axial chirality means a type of molecular asymmetry, or chirality, where a molecule lacks a chiral center (a carbon atom with four different groups) but instead possesses a chiral axis.
What part of speech is axial chirality?
Axial chirality is a noun.

Words near axial chirality in the dictionary

  1. axheads
  2. axi-
  3. axi-symmetric
  4. axial
  5. Axial Age
  6. axial chirality
  7. axial lead
  8. axial leads
  9. axial lobe
  10. axial lobes
  11. axial plane

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