chirality sense

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The property that distinguishes enantiomorphs. The specification of two enantiomorphic forms by reference to an oriented space e.g. of a screw, a right threaded one or a left threaded one. The expression 'opposite @C01058@' is short for 'opposite @C01058@ sense'.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2203 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'chirality sense' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.C01063 RIS BibTex EndNote
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