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What is a stereo center and a chiral center?
What is a stereo center and a chiral center?
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Stereocenter
- A stereogenic center, or simply a stereocenter, is an atom that is related to four distinct atoms.
- A stereocenter or stereogenic center is an atom-bearing group such that an interchanging of any two groups leads to a stereoisomer.
- The presence of a stereocenter is not required for chirality in a molecule; rather, it is the most prevalent cause of chirality.
Chiral Center
- “An atom with four distinct groups bound to it in such a way that it has a non-superimposable mirror image is known as a chiral center.”
- For example:
Stereocenter
- A stereogenic center, or simply a stereocenter, is an atom that is related to four distinct atoms.
- A stereocenter or stereogenic center is an atom-bearing group such that an interchanging of any two groups leads to a stereoisomer.
- The presence of a stereocenter is not required for chirality in a molecule; rather, it is the most prevalent cause of chirality.
Chiral Center
- “An atom with four distinct groups bound to it in such a way that it has a non-superimposable mirror image is known as a chiral center.”
- For example:
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