Question

Enantiomers are same as diastereomers.

(a) true

(b) false

I got this question by my college director while I was bunking the class.

My doubt stems from Organic Chemistry in section Organic Chemistry – Basic Principles and Technique of Chemistry – Class 11

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) false

For explanation I would say: In optical isomerism, enantiomers are nonsuperimposable mirror images while diastereomers are the isomers which are nonsuperimposable and not related to each other as mirror images, they also have different physical and chemical properties.