Ochem - What is "cross product"?

[Monkeymaniac]

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If two enantiomers (or other combinatinos of different steoisomers) are formed from a reaction, are the products considered cross products of each other? Or when we talk about a cross product that's formed from a reaction, are we supposed to assume that it is a molecule with different bondings?

 

[orgohacks]

If two enantiomers (or other combinatinos of different steoisomers) are formed from a reaction, are the products considered cross products of each other? Or when we talk about a cross product that's formed from a reaction, are we supposed to assume that it is a molecule with different bondings?

When two enantiomers are formed from a reaction, they're called enantiomers. 😉

The only time I hear about "cross products" in Org 2 are in reactions like the aldol. A cross aldol is when the enolate of one aldehyde/ketone reacts with the carbonyl of a different aldehyde/ketone. The "cross-Claisen" is the ester version.