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Diastereoisomer
A stereoisomer having multiple chiral centres; a diastereoisomer cannot normally be superimposed on the mirror image of another.
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A stereoisomer having multiple chiral centres; a diastereoisomer cannot normally be superimposed on the mirror image of another.
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| Word | Definition |
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| diastereomersnoun | (chemistry) Alternative form of diastereoisomer. [(physical chemistry) A stereoisomer having multiple chiral centres; a diastereoisomer cannot normally be superimposed on the mirror image of another.] |
| diastereomernoun | (chemistry) Alternative form of diastereoisomer. [(physical chemistry) A stereoisomer having multiple chiral centres; a diastereoisomer cannot normally be superimposed on the mirror image of another.] |
| stereoisomerismnoun | (chemistry) A form of isomerism in which atoms are arranged differently about a chiral centre (or centre of asymmetry). They exhibit optical activity, and in a molecule with a single chiral centre the two isomers (enantiomers) are mirror images of each other whereas in a molecule with multiple chiral centres the isomers (diastereoisomers) are not normally mirror images. |
| diastereoisomerismnoun | (physical chemistry) Any form of stereoisomerism other than enantiomerism |
| diastereomorphismnoun | (physical chemistry) diastereoisomerism |
| stereoisomernoun | (chemistry) One of a set of the isomers of a compound that exhibits stereoisomerism. |
| epimernoun | (chemistry) Any diastereoisomer that has the opposite configuration at only one of the stereogenic centres. |
| cyclostereoisomerismnoun | (chemistry) stereoisomerism as a result of a chiral centre that is part of a ring or of the side chain of a ring |
| diastereomixturenoun | (physical chemistry) a mixture of diastereoisomers |
| diastereoisomerizationnoun | (chemistry) The formation of diastereomers from other isomers |
| diastereoseparationnoun | (physical chemistry) The separation of diastereoisomers |
| diastereochemistrynoun | (chemistry) The chemistry of diastereomers |
| diastereospecificitynoun | (organic chemistry) The formation of one diastereoisomer rather than another |
| stereopairnoun | (chemistry) A pair of stereoisomers |
| diastereoselectivitynoun | (organic chemistry) The preferential formation of one diastereoisomer over another; also, the degree of said preference |
| stereoisoformnoun | Synonym of stereoisomer. |
| stereoisomerizationnoun | (chemistry) isomerization between stereoisomers |
| prostereoisomerismnoun | (chemistry) Prochirality. |
| diastereoselectionnoun | (physical chemistry) selection of the required diastereoisomer in a reaction, especially by using diastereocontrol |
| stereoinversionnoun | (chemistry) Any reaction that inverts the chiral centre of a compound |
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