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Figuring out diastereomers

hellomister
in Organic Chemistry

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I have a question, is there a way to determine if two things are diastereomers by looking at their R/S configurations at the asymmetric atoms? Because so far I have been just rotating molecules in my head and it is very slow. ty.

Yes, you can if know how to determine S and R configurations. Look at definitions for diastereomers and enanthiomers again.

  • 4 weeks later...

Yes, the way I figure out if two compounds are diastereomers is if they both have identical stereochemistry except for one of the stereocenters.

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