Glossary
What is Enantiomer?
One of a pair of stereoisomers that are non-superimposable mirror images of each other, usually due to a stereocentre such as a carbon bearing four different groups. Enantiomers have identical physical properties in an achiral environment but rotate plane-polarised light in opposite directions and may interact differently with biological targets. A 1:1 mixture of the two is called a racemate.