anomers
Diastereoisomers
of
glycosides
,
hemiacetals
or related cyclic forms of
sugars
, or related molecules differing in
configuration
only at C-1 of an aldose, C-2 of a 2-ketose, etc.
Source:
PAC, 1996,
68
, 2193
(Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2199