Epoxidation is treatment where an electrophilic oxidizing agent is capable of introducing a single oxygen atom to...
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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Asymmetric Mannich Reaction
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