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stereoisomers [¦ster·ē·ō′ī·sə·mərz] (organic chemistry) Compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationship. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Perturbation of sodium channel function by pyrethroids is stereospecific (Lund and Narahashi 1982); those stereoisomers that are the most potent disruptors of VSSC function also have the most potent insecticidal or toxicologic activity (Ray 2001). More familiar to chemists are geometric isomers, in which the same atoms arrange in different spatial patterns, and stereoisomers, in which atoms arrange range in different orientations around an atomic hub. |
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