diastereomerisalttojen

Diastereomerisalttojen refers to diastereomeric salts. Diastereomers are stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other. This means they have different physical and chemical properties. In organic chemistry, diastereomeric salts are often formed when a chiral acid or base reacts with a chiral base or acid, respectively. The resulting salts are diastereomers. This property is exploited in chiral resolution, a process used to separate enantiomers, which are mirror-image stereoisomers. Enantiomers have identical physical properties, making them difficult to separate. However, when a racemic mixture (an equal mixture of two enantiomers) of a chiral acid reacts with a pure chiral base, two diastereomeric salts are formed. These diastereomeric salts will have different solubilities in a given solvent. By carefully choosing the solvent and controlling the crystallization process, one diastereomeric salt can be preferentially crystallized out of the solution, leaving the other diastereomeric salt in solution. Subsequent treatment of the separated diastereomeric salts with a strong acid or base regenerates the individual enantiomers of the original chiral acid or base. This method is a classical technique for obtaining enantiomerically pure compounds. The term is less commonly used in everyday chemical discourse compared to "diastereomeric salts" or "chiral resolution."