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proprochirality

proprochirality noun: a form of prochirality in which an achiral compound is converted to a chiral one in two steps.

Noun

proprochirality (uncountable)

  1. A form of prochirality in which an achiral compound is converted to a chiral one in two steps.

Origin of proprochirality

From pro- + prochirality.

Questions about proprochirality

What does proprochirality mean?
Proprochirality means a form of prochirality in which an achiral compound is converted to a chiral one in two steps.
What part of speech is proprochirality?
Proprochirality is a noun.

Words near proprochirality in the dictionary

  1. propriosensitivity
  2. propriospinal
  3. propriospinally
  4. proprium
  5. proprochiral
  6. proprochirality
  7. proproctor
  8. proproctors
  9. proprofit
  10. proprohibition
  11. proproliferative

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