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
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(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
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wikipedia disrotatory)
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(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