diastereomer
/ˌdaɪəˈstɛriəmər/
noun
- A shorter form of diastereoisomer; a stereoisomer that is not a mirror image of another stereoisomer.
- Each diastereomer rotates plane-polarized light differently, which helps in identifying them.
- The two diastereomers of the compound have different solubilities in water.
- When synthesizing the molecule, the chemist obtained a mixture of diastereomers that needed to be separated.
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