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Enatioomers are a type of stereoisomer that arises from the presence of an asymmetric carbon atom in the compound. An asymmetric carbon atom is one that has four different groups attached to it, resulting in a chiral center. When an asymmetric carbon atom is present in a molecule, the molecule can exist as a pair of enatioomers, which are stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other.

Enatioomers are analogous to enantiomers in the sense that they are achiral, non-superimposable mirror images of each other. However, while enantiomers are a result of the presence of a chiral center, enatioomers are a result of the presence of a rotational asymmetric center. This is to say, enatioomers can be separated into two distinct forms that cannot be superimposed on each other.

In a sense, enatioomers can be viewed as a type of pseudoenantiomer, as they lack the full parity of mirror image character. However, this does not diminish their importance as potential entities in certain chemical reactions. Enatioomers arise in molecules with rotational symmetry, where certain bond rotations will lead to a second isomer that shares the symmetry of the original molecule.

While the classification of enatioomers is not universally adopted, they do exhibit properties that can be experimentally detected in various analytical techniques. Research has been conducted on their optical activity, reactivity, and spectroscopic behavior.