Amino acids with two
chiral centres were named in the past by allotting a name to the first diastereoisomer to
be discovered. The second diastereoisomer, when found or synthesized, was then assigned
the same name but with the prefix allo-. This method can be used only with trivial
names but not with semisystematic or systematic names. It is now recommended that
allo should be used only for alloisoleucine and allothreonine.
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Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
