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asymmetric carbon atom
A carbon atom in a molecule of an organic compound that is attached to four different atoms or groups of atoms. The result of this asymmetry is to allow two spatially distinct but chemically identical arrangements of atoms which are mirror images of each other and known as enantiomers.
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