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sbrothy
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- Can I write "l-isomer", "levo-isomer" or is the correct term "l-enantiomer" or "levo-enantiomer" or am I way off course here?
What it said in TL;DR:
I want to describe a situation where a laboratory technician synthesizes the wrong isomer(?) of a naturally occurring venom, ending up with the left hand molecule when aiming for the right hand one. However improbable that may sound to a bunch of pros like you.
It's for a detail in a short story where it occurs during, or after, autopsy as a smoking gun that the critter wasn't natural and the butler definitely didn't do it.
Perhaps this should be moved to the art or book advice forums come to think about it.
I want to describe a situation where a laboratory technician synthesizes the wrong isomer(?) of a naturally occurring venom, ending up with the left hand molecule when aiming for the right hand one. However improbable that may sound to a bunch of pros like you.
It's for a detail in a short story where it occurs during, or after, autopsy as a smoking gun that the critter wasn't natural and the butler definitely didn't do it.
Perhaps this should be moved to the art or book advice forums come to think about it.