Medicinal Chemistry and Drug Design

Stereochemistry

Stereochemistry, a development of chemistry, involves the study of the relative spatial arrangement of atoms within biomolecules. An crucial branch of stereochemistry is the application of chiral molecules. Stereochemistry is also known as 3D chemistry because the prefix stereo- means three - dimensionality.

Stereochemistry is a hugely crucial facet of 3D chemistry and the study of stereo chemical problems spans the entire range of organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biological, physical and supramolecular chemistries. Stereochemistry consists of methods for determining and describing these relationships; the effect on the physical or biological properties these relationships discover upon the molecules in question, and the manner in which these relationships influence the reactiveness of the molecules in question (dynamic stereochemistry).