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Enantiomers and Stereoisomerism in Organic Compounds

Enantiomers of Lactic Acid

Enantiomers of Lactic Acid

S-Lactic acid and R-Lactic acid are depicted on the left and right, respectively. They share the same formula and bond connectivity, but are nonsuperimposable mirror images of one another.

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