English Explanatory Dictionary

diastereoisomer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stereoisomer having multiple chiral centres; a diastereoisomer cannot normally be superimposed on the mirror image of another.

Pronunciation

/di.ə.stɛ.ri.əʊˈaɪ.sə.mə/

Word forms

diastereoisomer diastereoisomers diastereomer

Related words

enantiomer R- S- RS- cis- trans-

Derived words

diastereomerically diastereomixture
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