Preferred Label : pyramidal inversion;
IUPAC definition : A polytopal rearrangement in which the change in bond directions to a three-coordinate
central atom having a pyramidal arrangement of bonds (tripodal arrangement) causes
the central atom (apex of the pyramid) to appear to move to an equivalent position
on the other side of the base of the pyramid. If the three ligands to the central
atom are different pyramidal inversion interconverts enantiomers.;
Origin ID : P04956;
See also
A polytopal rearrangement in which the change in bond directions to a three-coordinate
central atom having a pyramidal arrangement of bonds (tripodal arrangement) causes
the central atom (apex of the pyramid) to appear to move to an equivalent position
on the other side of the base of the pyramid. If the three ligands to the central
atom are different pyramidal inversion interconverts enantiomers.
