Walden inversion
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
First observed by chemist Paul Walden in 1896.
Noun[edit]
Walden inversion (countable and uncountable, plural Walden inversions)
- (chemistry) 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.