Descriptors of the
diastereoisomers of an acyclic structure or partial structure having two stereogenic centres. This
notation is derived from carbohydrate nomenclature. The extension of this system has
given rise to conflicting interpretations of these prefixes. It is recommended that
for such cases the
,
or
,
system should be used.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193
(Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2208
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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.
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