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In stereochemistry, diastereomers (sometimes called diastereoisomers) are a type of stereoisomer. [1] Diastereomers are defined as non-mirror image, non-identical stereoisomers.
By definition, molecules that are stereoisomers of each other represent the same structural isomer. ... An epimer is a diastereoisomer that has the opposite ...
An example of modest stereoselectivity is the dehydrohalogenation of 2-iodobutane which yields 60% trans-2-butene and 20% cis-2-butene. [5] Since alkene geometric isomers are also classified as diastereomers, this reaction would also be called diastereoselective.
Asymmetric induction (also enantioinduction) describes the preferential formation in a chemical reaction of one enantiomer or diastereoisomer over the other as a result of the influence of a chiral feature present in the substrate, reagent, catalyst or environment. [1] Asymmetric induction is a key element in asymmetric synthesis.
Figure 1: Melting point phase diagram (using the Schroeder – van Laar Equation) of a prototypical diastereomeric system. nb. utility in a solvent mediated crystallization implicitly assumes ideal behaviour (in that changing the solvent will not change the composition of the binary eutectic).
A meso compound or meso isomer is an optically inactive isomer in a set of stereoisomers, at least two of which are optically active. [1] [2] This means that despite containing two or more stereocenters, the molecule is not chiral.
There are three common naming conventions for specifying one of the two enantiomers (the absolute configuration) of a given chiral molecule: the R/S system is based on the geometry of the molecule; the (+)- and (−)- system (also written using the obsolete equivalents d- and l-) is based on its optical rotation properties; and the D/L system is based on the molecule's relationship to ...
In stereochemistry, enantiomeric excess (ee) is a measurement of purity used for chiral substances. It reflects the degree to which a sample contains one enantiomer in greater amounts than the other.