S-stereoisomer

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29832-0_1528

Carbon atoms with four different substituents are called chiral. Drugs which contain a chiral carbon can exist in two stereoisomeric forms named S or R, depending on the sequence of the substituents at the chiral carbon.

 Local Anaesthetics

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