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absolute configuration

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absolute configuration rate
the designation D- or L-, which denotes the handedness of a structural isomer and is based on the atomic configuration around the asymmetric carbon atom. It applies to molecules that contain a center of asymmetry and occur in mirror-image structural isomers, e.g. many sugars and amino acids.

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