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Meaning of "achiral"
achiral (adjective) - A term used in chemistry to describe a molecule that does not have a chiral center and is therefore superimposable on its mirror image. Achiral molecules exhibit symmetry and lack handedness
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- superimposable on its mirror image; amphichiral
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It is the only achiral proteinogenic amino acid.
An object that is not chiral is said to be achiral.
Chiral and achiral polyurea backbone formation.
Diastereotopic groups also arise in achiral molecules.
Achiral objects are superimposable with their mirror images.
It is also directed towards the achiral molecules.
Achiral organophosphines and organophosphites are preferred.
The linking groups can be chiral or achiral.
Many achiral equivalent glycine nitrones are available in the literature.
In one embodiment the acid is an achiral acid.
Achiral organophosphorus ligands are preferred.
In this situation the hydroxylation center is achiral.
The achiral compounds also display cellular rescue properties.
Chiral liquid crystals from achiral molecules.
If an achiral ligand is used then the product will be racemic.
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These impurities are regarded as achiral at present.
Note also that achiral figures can have a center axis.
All other regular and semiregular tilings are achiral.
Achiral organophosphites are preferred.
A sheet with a through and through image is achiral.
Achiral organopolyphosphites are preferred.
Dithiophosphates are substituted at both oxygens and are thus achiral.
An achiral species which can be converted to a chiral in two steps is called proprochiral.
The calcium channel blockers can be chiral or achiral.
This is in contrast to achiral molecules which can be superimposed on their mirror images.
The phosphorous atom in an unmodified phosphate group is achiral.
This is in contrast to achiral molecules that can be superimposed on their mirror images.
It is unique among the proteinogenic amino acids in that it is achiral.
The advantage of the achiral synthesis is economy of steps and starting material.
Diastereoisomers may be chiral or achiral.
She achieved this by using entirely achiral building blocks and hydrogenation catalysts.
Rhombohedral faces are achiral.
The process of the invention provides achiral and chiral amino compounds in high yields.
In one embodiment the metallocene is either not bridged or bridged but achiral.
Fist the two regioisomers were separated using achiral reverse phase chromatography.
The ligands of the cyclic bridged metallocene catalyst compounds can be achiral.
This invention relates to fluorinated chiral and achiral smectic liquid crystal compounds.
The catalyst of the invention may be used together with a substrate that is achiral.
The phosphorus center in the phosphorodithioates is achiral which precludes the formation of oligoribonucleotides diastereomers.
The conversion of the hydrogenation reaction was determined by gas chromatography using an achiral column.
Only in the mixture with the achiral mesogenic compound a liquid crystal phase should be achieved.
Glycine is the only commonly occurring achiral amino acid.
Reflection groups are necessarily achiral except for the trivial group containing only the identity element.
It is therefore achiral.
Achiral Refers to an object that is not chiral.
A racemic mixture of isomers with regard to this second achiral site is preferred.
This achiral Dieckman procedure suffers from several undesirable aspects.
The oxindole can be converted to an enantiomeric mixture using an achiral phase transfer catalyst.
Regular achiral organocatalysts are based on nitrogen such as piperidine used in the Knoevenagel condensation.
It is possible for chiral LC molecules to produce essentially achiral mesophases.
