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Stereogenic
Meaning
Adj
●
In Chemistry & Physics:
describing a
grouping
of
atoms
in a molecule
consisting of
a
central
atom
and
four
distinguishable
ligands
such that
the
interchange
of any two
leads
to a stereoisomer
consisting of
four
non-coplanar
atoms
such that
rotation
about the
central
bond
leads
to a stereoisomer
consisting of
a
double bond
with
substituents
which
give rise to
cis-trans isomerism
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