https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.P04921
The traditional name for a tetrahedrally coordinated carbon atom bonded to four different entities, two and only two of which have the same @C01282@ but opposite @C01063@. The r/s descriptors of pseudo-@A00478@ carbon atoms are invariant on reflection in a mirror (i.e. r remains r, and s remains s), but are reversed by the exchange of any two entities (i.e. r becomes s, and s becomes r). An example is C-3 of ribaric (C-3 is r) or xylaric acid (C-3 is s) or hyoscyamine (C-3 is r). The hyphen in pseudo-@A00478@ may be omitted.
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Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2214 [Terms] [Paper]