Buchler Glossary

Diastereomers

Molecules with more than one stereocenter can be diastereomers if they are not mirror images of each other. The key difference between diastereomers and enantiomers is that diastereomers of a molecule are not mirror images of each other while enantiomers are mirror images of each other.

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