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the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself
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A refinery process which converts normal or straight chain hydrocarbons that have a poor octane quality into high-octane branch chain isomers. Thus, n-butane is converted into isobutane, etc.
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The change in conformation upon absorption of a photon that the chromophores in photopigments undergo.
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| isomerization |
A change in the organization of the atoms in a molecule with no change in the constituency of the molecule. In the context of vision, isomerization usually refers to the rotation around a particular carbon (the 11 th carbon in the traditional numbering system) of the chromophore. Because this isomerization is caused by light, it is frequently referred to as photoisomerization.
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