α, β

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000026",
  "term": "α, β",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Stereodescriptors used in several ways. In steroids, a substituent below the plane of the ring system drawn in the standard orientation is alpha, shown with a broken bond, and one above the plane is beta, shown with a solid wedge. In carbohydrates they give the configuration of the anomeric carbon, so that in alpha-D-glucopyranose the hydroxyl on C-1 and the oxygen on C-5 point the same way in a Fischer projection.",
  "synonyms": [
    "alpha, beta"
  ],
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "CIP priority",
    "stereodescriptor",
    "absolute configuration",
    "tetrapyrroles"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. 'Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2197 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122193)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/a-b/"
}