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Stereochemistry Terms
A review of the terms common in stereochemistry
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Chemistry
10th Grade
04/02/2014

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Term
Chiral
Definition
A molecule is chiral if it is not superposable on its mirror image.
Chiral centers are Carbon molecules with four unique groups attached
Term
Enantiomers
Definition
Stereoisomers that are non-superposable mirror images.
Term
Stereoisomers
Definition
Isomers which have atoms that differ only by their orientation in space. Unlike constitutional isomers, corresponding atoms in stereoisomers exhibit the same connectivity.
Term
Isomers
Definition
Compounds that have the same molecular formula.
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Constitutional Isomers
Definition
Isomers which contain atoms that differ in connectivity.
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Diastereomers
Definition
Stereoisomers that are non-superposable, but are not mirror images.
Differ from each other at at least one chiral center
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Conformational isomers
Definition
stereoisomers that can be converted into one another by rotation around a single bond.
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Epimers
Definition
Diasteromers that are identical except for one chiral center
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