Plz tell me about enantiomers?
An enantiomer is a molecule with 4 covalent bonds. they are molecules that are show optical isomers, or are mirror images, of one another. Enantiomers can be distinguished by the direction in which they rotate the plane of polarization of polarized light and are referred to, therefore, as being dextrorotatory (D-) or laevorotatory (L-). Enantiomers can exist when there is an asymmetric carbon atom within the molecule, i.e. a carbon that is attached to four different structures. The example illustrated is the amino acid alanine, which occurs as L-alanine (left in the picture) and D-alanine (right).
