Stereochemistry

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Racemic Mixture
A Racemic mixture is one in which the two enantomers are present in equal amounts.
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diastereoisomer
A diastereoisomer is a stereoisomer which is not an enantiomer.
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Enantiomer
An enantiomer is one of a pair of non-superimposable mirror image forms of a molecule
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Meso Compound
A meso compound is an achiral member of a set of diastereoisomers of which at least one is chiral
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Enantiomeric excess (ee)
Enantiomeric excess (ee) is the percent excess of one enantiomer over the racemate ee = |%R - %S|
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Stereospecific reaction
A stereospecific reaction is one whose mechanism requires that a specific stereochemistry of product arises from a specific stereochemistry of starting material
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A diastereoisomer is a stereoisomer which is not an enantiomer.

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An enantiomer is one of a pair of non-superimposable mirror image forms of a molecule

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A meso compound is an achiral member of a set of diastereoisomers of which at least one is chiral

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Enantiomeric excess (ee) is the percent excess of one enantiomer over the racemate ee = |%R - %S|

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