Antarafacial

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-000652",
  "term": "Antarafacial",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A stereochemical descriptor indicating that a reaction or process occurs on opposite faces of a pi system or a molecule. In pericyclic reactions, it describes the relative orientation of the interacting orbitals. For example, in a cycloaddition, two components can approach each other in an antarafacial manner.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "anti",
    "cycloaddition",
    "inversion",
    "σ, π",
    "sigmatropic rearrangement"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1994, 66, 1077. 'Glossary of terms used in physical organic chemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)' on page 1084 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199466051077)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/antarafacial/"
}