Walden inversion

noun

Etymology

First observed by chemist Paul Walden in 1896.

Definitions

  1. The inversion of a chiral center in a molecule in a chemical reaction, converting the…

    The inversion of a chiral center in a molecule in a chemical reaction, converting the configuration of the molecule from one enantiomeric form to the other.

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