RS-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "rs"

Translingual

Etymology

Blend of R- +‎ S-

Prefix

RS-

  1. (chemistry) both mirror-image forms of a stereocenter, part of a diastereoisomer, when used in a chemical formula or chemical name

Alternative forms

Coordinate terms

  • RR-stereoisomer
  • RS-stereoisomer
  • SR-stereoisomer
  • SS-stereoisomer

See also

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.