Question

Describe in brief D/L nomenclature system.​

Answer 1

• The d/l system (named after Latin dexter and laevus, right and left) names molecules by relating them to the molecule glyceraldehyde.
• One example is the chiral amino acid alanine, which has two optical isomers, and they are labeled according to which isomer of glyceraldehyde they come from.

Answer 2

The d/l system (named after Latin dexter and laevus, right and left) names molecules by relating them to the molecule glyceraldehyde. ... One example is the chiral amino acid alanine, which has two optical isomers, and they are labeled according to which isomer of glyceraldehyde they come from.