anomer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any diastereoisomer of a sugar or derivative differing in configuration only at C-1 of an aldose or C-2 of a ketose.

Word forms

anomer anomers

Etymology

From ano- (“upwards, above”) + -mer.

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