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Basic terminology of stereochemistry(IUPAC Recommendations 1996)Abstracr: This is a glossary of the more important, and most widely-used, stereochemicalterms. It extends the list of those defined in the IUPAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry,Section E: Stereochemistry (Recommendations 1974)l and includes some terms from theGlossary of Terms used in Physical Organic Chemistry (Recommendations 1994).4Additionalterms have been added from inorganic and macromolecular chemistry. Some misleading terms areincluded together with guidance on correct usage or acceptable alternatives.Many of the symbols used in stereochemical nomenclature are mentioned but details of theirassignment or their incorporation into chemical names are left to the appropriate recommendations.Terminology related to techniques used in the determination of stereochemistry are largelyexcluded as well as terms used to describe reaction mechanisms.IntroductionWhen the IUPAC Commission on Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry prepared section E: Stereochemistry(Recommendations 1974)l the document was primarily intended to describe the naming of stereochemicalfeatures as part of the overall nomenclature of organic compounds.2 In the absence of any IUPACrecommendations on stereochemical terminology Section E included appropriate aspects of the vocabulary ofthe subject. In 1983 the Commission on Physical Organic Chemistry published a Glossary of terms used inthat field.4 In view of the previous publication of section E stereochemical terms were excluded from thisGlossary. However it became apparent that a separate glossary of stereochemical terms would facilitate thework of both commissions and accordingly a joint working party was established with additionalrepresentation from the Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry and the Commission onMacromolecular Nomenclature.The working party considered a very long list of possible terms for inclusion but decided to initiallyconcentrate on those terms which were essential for the work of the commissions and any others which werevery widely used, or misused. In the latter case, as well as condemnation of inappropriate terms, guidanceon the correct usage, or acceptable alternatives were to be provided. The preparation of a morecomprehensive Glossary of Stereochemical Terms was left to a possible second edition, or possibly in acombined glossary with other physical organic chemistry terms.Many of the symbols used in stereochemical nomenclature are mentioned in this document but it is notintended to provide details of their assignment or how they are incorporated into chemical names. Interestedreaders are referred in the text to the original published papers and some details are given in the appropriateIUPAC recommendations on organic? inorganic,s and macromoleculd chemical nomenclature.Terminology which relates to techniques used in the determination of stereochemistry7 is also largelyexcluded. Some stereochemical terms used to describe reaction mechanisms are already included in theGlossary of Physical Organic C h e m i t r y . Graphic Representation of Three-Dimensional Structures*-Structural diagrams which depict stereochemistry must be prepared with extra care to ensure there is noambiguity. In general plain lines depict bonds approximately in the plane of the drawing; bonds to atoms(starting fronl an atom in the plane of the drawing at theabove the plane are shown with a bold wedgenarrow end of the wedge); and bonds to atoms below the plane are shown with short parallel linesII II I . As an alternative a bold bondmay be used instead of a bold wedge. A broken line- - - - -hasbeen used instead of parallel lines but this is better reserved for a partial bond, delocalisation, or a hydrogenbond. The use of a wedge of parallel lines ' . - I I isI I not recommended as it is ambiguous. It is used commonlyIIII0 1996 IUPAC2195

2196ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISIONin two directly opposite ways. Different workers define the narrow end as being in the plane of the drawingor furthest from the viewer. If stereochemistry is unknown this can be indicated explicitly by a wavy line.MIVV . The use of dots or open circles at a centre to show stereochemistry is strongly deprecated. Otherspecific conventions mentioned in the Glossary include Fischer projection, Newman projection, sawhorseprojection and wedge projection.Strict rules for drawing stereochemistry are not possible. In general it is most clear if all rings of anortho-fused ring system (or saturated derivatives) are kept in the plane of the drawing and bridgeheadsubstituents are shown above or below the plane (1). With an acyclic structure (2) or other substituents on aring (3) [including bridges (4)] bonds are shown as above or below the plane. Hydrogen atoms attached atstereochemically designated positions should not be omitted (3).CH,(3)(2)(4)eoHThe stereochemistry due to substituents attached to a ring should not be shown at a re-entrant angle [markedwith an asterisk on ( 5 ) ; although this is suitable for a carbonyl or N-methyl]. Any bond between twostereochemically designated positions should be left plain (6).0H i i(9With tetrahedral stereochemistry the following are recommended:(a)A wavy line can be used to indicate either that the stereochemistry is unknown (7), but only one form ispresent, or, if explained in the text, that both isomers are present and will be defined when required. If it isintended not to show any stereochemistry it is best to only use plain lines for all bonds. Note that the squareplanar molecule (8) may also be drawn as (9)or (10).C1,(Y&,NHCH3PtCHZOH(7)HCH3c1'"H2(8) 1CI-&--NHCH C1,Acl'NHZ(9)'6,,\'NHCH3pt'NHZ(10)Double bonds should be shown [(ll), (12) and (13)] as far as possible with accurate angles (ca. 120') ifstereochemistry is implied. To show the absence of stereochemical information a linear representation shouldbe used [(14), (15) and (16)]. In a perspective drawing it is preferable to indicate which edge of a ring is considered in front by bold orwedge lines [(17), (18) and (19)]; and "breaking" the bond at the back when a bond passes in front [(17)and (18)l.In this type of stereochemical representation bonds to substituents should usually be left plain.0 1996 IUPAC, Pure and Applied Chemistry68.2193-2222

Basic terminology of stereochemistry2197References1. IUPAC, Commission on Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, Section E: Stereochemistry(Recommendations 1974), Pure Appl. Chem. 45, 11-30 (1976), see also ref. 2,3.2. IUPAC, Commission on Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry,Sections A, B, C, D, E, F and H , 1979, Pergamon Press, pp. 473-490; see also IUPAC, Commissionon the Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry, A Guide to IWAC Nomenclature of Organic Chemistry,1993, Blackwell Scientific Publications, pp. 149-154.3. International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biochemical Nomenclature bnd RelatedDocuments, 2nd edition, 1992, Portland Press, pp.1-18.4. IUPAC, Commission on Physical Organic Chemistry, Glossary of Terms Used in Physical OrganicChemistry, Pure Appl. Chem., 66, 1077-1184 (1994).5 . IUPAC, Commission on Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry(Recommendations 1990),3rd edition, 1990, Blackwell Scientific Publications, pp. 159-189.6. IUPAC, Commission on Macromolecular Nomenclature, Compendium of MacromolecularNomenclature, 1991, Blackwell Scientific Publications,pp. 25-46.7. IUPAC, Analytical Chemistry Division, Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature, 2nd edition, 1987,Blackwell Scientific Publications; IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology (IUPACRecommendations), 1987, Blackwell Scientific Publications.8. K.L. Loening, in Chemical Structures edited W.A. Warr, 1988, Springer Verlag, pp. 413-423.GlossaryItalics indicate a term covered by this glossary (or a symbol that is usually italicised).Absolute ConfigurationThe spatial arrangement of the atoms of a chiral molecular entity (or group) and its stereochemical descriptione.g. R or S. See also relative configuration and a (alpha),p (beta) (3).ac S e e torsion angle.Achiral See chirality.Achirotopic See chirotopic.cx (Alpha), p (Beta)These stereodescriptors are used in a number of different ways.1. Relative stereodescriptors used in carbohydrate nomenclature to describe the configuration at theanomeric carbon by relating it to the anomeric reference atom. For simple cases the anomeric referenceatom is the same as the configurational reference atom. Thus in a-r -glucopyranosethe reference atom isC-5 and the OH at C-1 is on the same side as the OH at C-5 in the Fischer projection. See 'Tentative rulesfor Carbohydrate Nomenclature. Part l', Eur. J. Biochem., 21, 455-477 (1971).CHZOHMqHOHo-Ho HOOHp-D-glUCOSe0 1996 IUPAC, Pure and Applied Chemistry68.2193-2222HoOHP-L-rhamnose

2198ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISION2. Relative stereodescriptors used by Chemical Abstracts Service to describe the configuration of a cyclicmolecule (including suitable polycyclic systems) with several stereogenic centres whereby the a side ofthe reference plane is the side on which the substituent with CIP priority lies at the lowest numberedstereogenic centre. The other side is p.tricyclo[3.2.1.02 4]octan-2-ol,5-chloro, (la,2a,4a,5P)3 . Absolute stereodescriptorsoriginally devised for steroid nomenclature. However in this sense it is onlymeaningful if there is an agreed absolute configuration and orientation of the structure so as to define theplane and which way up the molecule is represented. Substituents above the plane of the steroid aredescribed as p and shown as a solid line (-or-),those below the plane are described as a andshown by a broken line ( 11111111 or ----- ). The extension of this system to tetrapyrroles has beendocumented and it has been widely used elsewhere. See 'Nomenclature of Steroids', Pure Appl. Chem.61, 1783-1822 (1989); 'Nomenclature of Tetrapyrroles', Pure Appl. Chem. 59,779-832 (1987).Me5a-androstan-3P-01AmboA prefii used to indicate that a molecule with two (or more) chiral elements is present as a mixture of the tworacemic diastereoisomers in unspecified proportions. For example, the dipeptide formed from L-alanine andDL-leUCine is L-alanyl-ambo-leucine. (See 'Nomenclature and Symbolism for Amino Acids and Peptides',Pure Appl. Chem. 56, 595-624 (1984); 'Nomenclature of Tocopherols and Related Compounds', PureAppl. Chem. 54, 1507-1510 (1982).)Angle StrainStrain due to a departure in bond angle from "normal" values. The term is often used in the context of nonaromatic cyclic compounds in which the internal angles differ from the regular tetrahedral angle of 109" 28';in this sense angle strain is also known as Baeyer strain.Anisometric See isometric.Anomeric EffectOriginally the thermodynamic preference for polar groups bonded to C-1 (the anomeric carbon of aglycopyranosyl derivative) to take up an axial position.CH20HCHzOHmorestablethan " Br HOOHBrThis effect is now considered to be a special case of a general preference (the generalised anomeric effect) forsynclinal (gauche) conformations about the bond C-Y in the system X-C-Y-C where X and Y are0 1996 IUPAC, Pure and Applied Chemistry68,2193-2222

2199Basic terminology of stereochemistryheteroatoms having nonbonding electron pairs, commonly at least one of which is nitrogen, oxygen orfluorine. For example in chloro(methoxy)methanethe anomeric effect stabilises the synclinal conformation.MePIpreferred toHc1In alkyl glycopyranosidesthe anomeric effect operates at two sites (i) along the endocyclic C-1 oxygen bond(endo-anomenc effect) and (ii) along the exocyclic C-1 oxygen bond (exo-anomeric effect).CH20HHOHCHzOHqpreferred to1111HoMeHq'-MeThe opposite preference is claimed for some systems e.g. glycopyranosyltrialkylammonium salts, and hasbeen referred to as the reverse anomeric effect.AnomersDiastereoisomers of glycosides, hemiacetals or related cyclic forms of sugars, or related molecules differingin configuration only at C-1 of an aldose, C-2 of a 2-ketose, etc.Anti1. See torsion angle.2. See endo, exo, syn, anti.3 . See also 'Glossary of Terms Used in Physical Organic Chemistry', Pure Appl. Chem. 66, 1077-1184(1994) for use as a term to describe antarafacial addition or elimination reactions.4. It was formerly used to describe the stereochemistry of oximes and related systems ( S e e E,Z).Anticlinal See torsion angle.Antiperiplanar See torsion angle.Antipodes (usage strongly discouraged)Obsolete synonym for enantiomers.ap See torsion angle.Apical, Basal, EquatorialIn trigonal bipyramidal structures (e.g.a five-coordinate trigonal bipyramid with phosphorus as central atom)the term apical refers to the two positions that are collinear with the central atom or to the bonds linking thesepositions to the central atom. The three equivalent bonds (or positions) in a plane passing through the centralatom and perpendicular to the direction of the apical bonds are described as equatorial (See axial, equatorialfor alternative use). The term apical is also used for the bond pointing from the atom at or near the centre ofthe base to the apex of a pyramidal structure. The positions at or near the base of the pyramid, or the bondslinking those positions to the central atom of the base are described as basal. The apical bonds have also beencalled axial. :abAb%,l ,O\bba apicalb b de equatorialAsymmetricLacking all symmetry elements (other than the trivial one of a one-fold axis of symmetry), i.e. belonging tothe symmetry point group C1. The term has been used loosely (and incorrectly)to describe the absence of an0 1996 IUPAC, Pure and Applied Chemistry68.2193-2222

2200ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISIONrotation-reflection axis (alternating axis) in a molecule, i.e. as meaning chiral, and this usage persists in thetraditional terms asymmetric carbon atom, asymmetric synthesis, asymmetric induction, etc.Asymmetric Carbon AtomThe traditional name (van't Hoff) for a carbon atom that is attached to four different entities (atoms orgroups) e.g. Cabcd. See also chirality centre.Asymmetric Centre See chirality centre.Asymmetric Destruction See kinetic resolution.Asymmetric InductionThe traditional term describing the preferential formation in a chemical reaction of one enantiomer ordiastereoisomer over the other as a result of the influence of a chiral feature present in the substrate, reagent,catalyst or environment.Asymmetric SynthesisA traditional term used for stereoselective synthesis of chiral compounds.Asymmetric TransformationThe conversion of a racemate into a pure enantiomer or into a mixture in which one enantiomer is present inexcess, or of a diastereoisomeric mixture into a single diastereoisomer or into a mixture in which onediastereoisomer predominates. This is sometimes called deracemisation.If the two enantiomers of a chiral substrate A are freely interconvertible and if an equal amount or excess of anon-racemising second enantiomerically pure chemical species, say (R)-B, is added to a solution of racemicA, then the resulting equilibrium mixture of adducts A*B will, in general, contain unequal amounts of thediastereoisomers (R)-A*@)-B and (S)-A*(R)-B. The result of this equilibration is called asymmetrictransformation of the first kind.If, in such a system, the two diastereoisomeric adducts differ considerably in solubility so that only one ofthem, say (R)-A*(R)-B, crystallises from the solution, then the equilibration of diastereoisomers in solutionand concurrent crystallisation will continue so that all (or most) of the substrate A can be isolated as thecrystalline diastereoisomer (R)-A*(R)-B. Such a "crystallisation-induced asymmetric transformation" iscalled an asymmetric transformation of the second kind. See also stereoconvergenceA tropisomersA subclass of conformers which can be isolated as separate chemical species and which arise from restrictedrotation about a single bond (see rotational barrier) e.g. ortho-substituted biphenyl, 1,1,2,2-tetra-tertbutylethaneAxial, EquatorialIn the chair form of cyclohexane ring bonds to ring atoms (and molecular entities attached to such bonds) aretermed axial or equatorial according to whether the bonds make a relatively large or small angle, respectively,with the plane containing or passing closest to a majority of the ring atoms. Thus the axial bonds areapproximately parallel to the C3 axis and the equatorial bonds approximately parallel to two of the ringbonds. These terms are also used for the chair form of other saturated six-membered rings. Thecorresponding bonds occurring at the allylic positions in mono-unsaturated six-membered rings are termedpseudo-axial (or quasi-axial) and pseudo-equatorial (or quasi-equatorial). The terms axial ahd equatorial havesimilarly been used in relation to the puckered conformation of cyclobutane, crown conformer ofcyclooctane, etc. and the terms pseudo-axial and pseudo-equatorial in the context of the non-planar structuresof cyclopentane and cycloheptane. (See apical, basal, equatorial for an alternative use of axial and equatorialwith bipyramidal structures)eHeeeaa''yde'a axiale equatoriala'pseudo-axiale' pseudo-equatorial0 1996 IUPAC, Pure and Applied Chemistry 68,2193-2222

Basic terminology of stereochemistry2201Axial ChiralityTerm used to refer to stereoisomerism resulting from the non-planar arrangement of four groups in pairsabout a chirality axis. It is exemplified by allenes abC C Ccd (or abC C Cab) and by the atropisomerismof ortho-substituted biphenyls.The configuration in molecular entities possessing axial chirality is specified by the stereodescriptorsRa andSa (or by P or M).abAxis of Chirality See chirality axis.Axis of Helicity See helicity.Baeyer Strain See angle strain.Basal See apical, basal, equatorial.Berry Pseudorotation See pseudorotation.p (Beta) See a (alpha), p (beta)Bisecting Conformation, Eclipsing ConformationFor a structure containing the grouping R3C-C(Y) X (with identical or different groups R) the conformationin which the torsion angle is such that X is antiperiplanar to one of the groups R, and, in a Newmanprojection, the double bond C X bisects one of the R-C-R angles. In this conformation the bond C-Yeclipses one of the C-R bonds. The other conformation, in which X is synperiplanar to one of the groups R,is called an eclipsing conformation.R &R XR &R Ybisecting conformationeclipsing conformationBoat See chair, boat, twist; and half-chair, half-boat.Bond Opposition Strain See eclipsing strain.Bowsprit, FlagpoleIn the boat form of cyclohexane and related structures there are two ring atoms lying out of the plane of theother four; exocyclic bonds to these two atoms pointing in a direction roughly parallel to that plane are calledbowsprit, the other two are called flagpole.bwbbf flagpolebowspritBredt's RuleSee entry in 'Glossary of Terms Used in Physical Organic Chemistry', Pure Appl. Chem. 66, 1077-1184(1994).C.I.P. SystemShort for Cahn-Ingold-Prelog system (see CIP Priority).Cahn-Ingold-Prelog System See CIP Priority.0 1996 IUPAC, Pure and Applied Chemistry08,2193-2222

2202ORGANIC CHEMISTRY DIVISIONCentre of Chirality See chiral centre.Chair, Boat, TwistIf carbon atoms 1 , 2 , 4 and 5 of cyclohexane occupy coplanar positions and when carbon atoms 3 and 6 areon opposite sides of the plane the conformation (of symmetry group D3d, is called a chair form.The same term is applied to similar conformations of analogous saturated six-membered ring structurescontaining hetero-atoms and/or bearing substituent groups, but these conformations may be distorted fromthe exact D3d symmetry. For cyclohexane and most such analogues, the chair form is the most stableconformation. If the cyclohexane conformation has no centre of symmetry but possesses two planes ofsymmetry, one of them bisecting the bonds between atoms 1 and 2 and between 4 and 5 and the other planepassing through atoms 3 and 6 (which lie out of the plane and on the same side of the plane containing 1,2,4 and 5), that conformation (of symmetry group C2v) is called a boat form and it is generally not a stableform. Again, this term is also applied to structural analogues.The conformation of D2 symmetry passed through in the interconversion of two boat forms of cyclohexaneis called the twist form (also known as skew boat, skew form and stretched form). See also half-chair.666chair (D3d)54boat (C2V)d532twist (D2)In a five-membered ring a conformation in which two adjacent atoms are maximally displaced, in oppositedirections, relative to the plane containing the other three carbon atoms has been called a half-chair but isbetter called a twist conformation (see also envelope conformation).In carbohydrate chemistry the term twist refers to a five-membered ring and the D2 symmetry six-memberedring is referred to as skew.Chair-Chair Interconversion See ring reversal.Chemical SpeciesA set of chemically identical atomic or molecular structural units in a solid array or of chemically identicalmolecular entities that can explore the same set of molecular energy levels on the time scale of theexperiment.For example, two conformational isomers may interconvert sufficiently slowly to be detected by theirseparate n.m.r. spectra and hence to be considered to be separate chemical species on a time scale governedby the radiofrequency of the spectrometer used. On the other hand, in a slow chemical reaction the samemixture of conformers may behave as a single chemical species, i.e. there is a virtually complete equilibriumpopulation of the total set of molecular energy levels belonging to the two conformers.Except where the context requires otherwi

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