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A molecule is chiral if it is not superposable on its mirror image.
Chiral centers are Carbon molecules with four unique groups attached |
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| Stereoisomers that are non-superposable mirror images. |
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| Isomers which have atoms that differ only by their orientation in space. Unlike constitutional isomers, corresponding atoms in stereoisomers exhibit the same connectivity. |
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| Compounds that have the same molecular formula. |
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| Isomers which contain atoms that differ in connectivity. |
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Stereoisomers that are non-superposable, but are not mirror images.
Differ from each other at at least one chiral center |
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| stereoisomers that can be converted into one another by rotation around a single bond. |
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| Diasteromers that are identical except for one chiral center |
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