The phenomenon whereby compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationships. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
Entry Term(s)
Molecular Stereochemistry
Stereochemistry, Molecular
Stereoisomers
Public MeSH Note
1997; was STEREOISOMERS 1974-1996; for MOLECULAR STEREOCHEMISTRY see MOLECULAR CONFORMATION 1993-2008
History Note
1997 (1968); for MOLECULAR STEREOCHEMISTRY use MOLECULAR CONFORMATION 1993-2008
The phenomenon whereby compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationships. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 5th ed)
