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)

Annotation

NIM; policy: Manual 25.5.5.1

DUI

D013237 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0020475

History note

1997 (1968); for MOLECULAR STEREOCHEMISTRY use MOLECULAR CONFORMATION 1993-2008

Public note

1997; was STEREOISOMERS 1974-1996; for MOLECULAR STEREOCHEMISTRY see MOLECULAR CONFORMATION 1993-2008