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What does stereochemistry mean?

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Noun
  1. (chemistry) the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species
  2. (chemistry) the effect of such spatial arrangement on the chemistry of a particular compound
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The easiest way to tell if the mirror image is superimposable or not and superposable is to find the stereochemistry at the stereocenter.
The stereochemistry at each of its five chiral centres is pharmacologically critical.
Thus, in the third and last chapter of his professional life, he returned to stereochemistry.
Computer-aided instruction augments learning in all topics, but most commonly in the areas of receptor theory and mechanism and stereochemistry.
The absolute stereochemistry was also determined in 1955 via chemical degradation of dihydrocodeinone.
Thus, their synthetic counterparts must also have the proper stereochemistry.

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