This document discusses the analysis of diastereomers using IR spectroscopy. It begins by defining diastereomers as stereoisomers that are not mirror images and have at least two stereo centers. It then discusses several methods for separating diastereomers, including recrystallization, chromatography, and NMR and IR techniques. Specifically for IR spectroscopy, it notes that while enantiomers cannot be differentiated, diastereomers can be analyzed due to differences in their structural isomers. It provides examples of analyzing the diastereomers ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, as well as cocaine hydrochloride, using their differing IR spectral fingerprints to distinguish between them.