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what do we mean by dashing and wedging in stereochemistry ?

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The Dashing and wedging is used, in ​stereo chemistry to draw a three dimensional (3D) structure of the molecules in which the bond in plane of paper is denoted by a solid line, and the bond farther from the viewer is denoted by dashed lines and the bonds which face the viewer is denoted by wedged line.

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