prochirality centre

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An atom of a molecule which becomes a @C01060@ by replacing one of the two @S05981@ @L03518@ attached to it by a different ligand, e.g. C-1 of ethanol; C-3 of butan-2-ol.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2214 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'prochirality centre' 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.P04860 RIS BibTex EndNote
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