Hi I'm a chemist, my current work is with PFAS compounds, often known as forever chemicals. Please ask me about those, or anything else you are curious about related to chemistry. I will try to give you a solid response.

  • ZoomeristLeninist [they/them, she/her]M
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    2 years ago

    S/R is typically used for chiral centers while L/D are used to describe whole molecules. so IUPAC names for large molecules with lots of chiral centers have a mess of R's and S's but can be simplified with a common name with an L or D. for example the IUPAC name for the biologically active glucose is (2R,3S,4R,5R)-2,3,4,5,6-Pentahydroxyhexanal, but it can be simplified to the common name D-glucose