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What is Diastereomers?

Definition 39.8 School Chemistry — Grades 1 to 12 · Chapter 39 — Stereochemistry: Chirality and Isomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other are diastereomers. Unlike enantiomers, diastereomers have different physical properties.

The three stereoisomers of tartaric acid. L and D are enantiomers; each is a diastereomer of the meso form, which has a mirror plane in one of its shapes: three stereoisomers, not 22 = 4.
The three stereoisomers of tartaric acid. L and D are enantiomers; each is a diastereomer of the meso form, which has a mirror plane in one of its shapes: three stereoisomers, not 22=42^2 = 4.
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