An atom holding a set of @L03518@ in a spatial arrangement which is not superposable on its mirror image. A @C01058@ centre is thus a generalized extension of the concept of the @A00479@ to central atoms of any element, for example
N+abcd,
Pabc as well as
Cabcd.
Source:PAC, 1996,
68, 2193. (
Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2203 [
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