What are Enantiomers?
Enantiomers are also stereoisomers but they differ in configuration at every chiral center. Unlike diastereomers, enantiomers are non-superimposable mirror images of each other and are always optically active. Based on the way they rotate the plane polarized light, enantiomers are classified to be dextrorotatory or levorotatory. Dextrorotatory compound will rotate the light clockwise whereas levorotatory compound will rotate the light counterclockwise. D-Glucose and L-Glucose are common examples of enantiomers.
Epimers
Epimers are a particular kind of stereoisomer, which is an isomer with the same chemical formula but a different spatial arrangement of atoms. To be more precise, epimers are diastereomers subclass that vary in how their single stereocenter (chiral center) is arranged inside the molecule. In this article, we will learn about epimers, examples, epimerization, etc.
Table of Content
- Epimers Definition
- What are Epimers?
- Examples of Epimers
- What is Epimerization?
- What are Diastereomers?
- What are Enantiomers?
- What are cis-trans Isomers?
- What are Anomers?
- Difference between Epimers and Diastereomers
- Difference between Anomers and Epimers
- Difference between Epimers and Enantiomers