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What does vicinal mean?

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Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to a neighborhood; neighboring.
  2. (chemistry) Describing identical atoms or groups attached to nearby (especially adjacent) atoms in a molecule.
  3. (mineralogy) Describing subordinate planes on a crystal, which are very near to the fundamental planes in angles, and sometimes take their place.
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The epoxide hydrolases are a family of enzymes that hydrate simple epoxide to vicinal diols and arene oxides to transdihydrodiols.
To the C-tenninus of the recombinant proteins, two vicinal cysteins were added for subsequent single-molecule manipulation.
Dithiols were better reversal agents than monothiols, further suggesting that these inhibitors bind to the proposed vicinal sulfhydryls present on this enzyme.
We find here some instances of those long, straight roads which it seems to be the highest ideal of the vicinal Committee to make.
What is the difference between a natural and a vicinal location?
The sides of the pits and elevations are bounded by small faces which have the character of vicinal faces.

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