Preferred Label : topomerization;
IUPAC definition : The identity reaction leading to exchange of the positions of identical ligands. The
indistinguishable molecular entities involved are called topomers. For example in
the reaction below the two identical ligating atoms N sub a /sub and N sub b /sub
are interchanged by rotation about the C-aryl bond but may be identified by NMR spectroscopy.
This is a degenerate isomerization.;
Origin ID : T06396;
See also
The identity reaction leading to exchange of the positions of identical ligands. The
indistinguishable molecular entities involved are called topomers. For example in
the reaction below the two identical ligating atoms N sub a /sub and N sub b /sub
are interchanged by rotation about the C-aryl bond but may be identified by NMR spectroscopy.
This is a degenerate isomerization.
