Preferred Label : diastereotopic;
IUPAC definition : Constitutionally equivalent atoms or groups of a molecule which are not symmetry related.
Replacement of one of two diastereotopic atoms or groups results in the formation
of one of a pair of diastereoisomers. In the example below the two hydrogen atoms
of the methylene group C-3 are diastereotopic.;
Origin ID : D01685;
See also
Constitutionally equivalent atoms or groups of a molecule which are not symmetry related.
Replacement of one of two diastereotopic atoms or groups results in the formation
of one of a pair of diastereoisomers. In the example below the two hydrogen atoms
of the methylene group C-3 are diastereotopic.
