dextrorotatory in English
adjective
1
(of a compound) having the property of rotating the plane of a polarized light ray to the right, i.e., clockwise facing the oncoming radiation.
Chirality describes the handedness of a molecule that is observable by the ability of a molecule to rotate the plane of polarized light either to the right ( dextrorotatory ) or to the left (levorotatory).
adjective
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1. The crystallization of agitated aqueous solutions of sodium chlorate and sodium bromate was nucleated with levo- or dextrorotatory crystal powders of sodium chlorate and sodium bromate to furnish new crystals with a high degree of chiroptical purity.