atropisomers

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A subclass of @C01262@ which can be isolated as separate @CT01038@ and which arise from @R05349@ about a single bond, e.g. ortho-substituted biphenyl, 1,1,2,2-tetra-tert-butylethane.
See:
rotational barrier
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2200 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'atropisomers' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00511 RIS BibTex EndNote
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