absolute configuration

Preferred Label : absolute configuration;

IUPAC definition : The spatial arrangement of the atoms of a chiral molecular entity (or group) and its stereochemical description e.g. i R /i or i S /i .;

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Origin ID

A00020;

See also
- Fischer–Rosanoff convention [IUPAC Term]
- R, S [IUPAC Term]
- chiral [IUPAC Term]
- configuration (stereochemical) [IUPAC Term]
- configurational homosequence [IUPAC Term]
- relative configuration [IUPAC Term]
- stereohomosequence [IUPAC Term]
- stereosequence [IUPAC Term]
- α (alpha), β (beta) [IUPAC Term]

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