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- adjective mathematics, chemistry
superimposable on itsmirror image ;amphichiral
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Examples
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Oh, and bonus points if you know what happens if a catalyst makes the transition states achiral
Scientists' Responses Solicited James F. McGrath 2008
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The successful candidate will develop chiral and achiral
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But I do like it when my biology colleagues have the broad outlines - that molecules with chiral centers, other things being equal, are often harder to make than achiral structures, that sticking a lot of cycloalkyl grease on a molecule is asking for metabolic trouble (no matter what it does for the potency in the assays), what sorts of things tend to make a molecule more (or less) soluble, and so on.
In the Pipeline 2010
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