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Suprafacial vs Disrotatory - What's the difference?

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Suprafacial is a synonym of disrotatory.


As adjectives the difference between suprafacial and disrotatory

is that suprafacial is (chemistry) of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to the same face of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment while disrotatory is (organic chemistry) describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses.

suprafacial

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (chemistry) Of a chemical reaction, involving two simultaneous changes in bonding to the same face of a common centre (or related centres) of a molecular fragment.
  • See also

    *antarafacial

    disrotatory

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia disrotatory) (-)
  • (organic chemistry) Describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system rotate in opposite senses
  • Synonyms

    * suprafacial

    Antonyms

    * conrotatory