D isomer

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The D isomer is one of two forms of optical isomer, arising from the prescence of a chiral carbon. 'D' stands for dextrorotary, meaning that the isomer rotates plane polarised light clockwise. http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/209optical.html

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