stereoisomers
What stereoisomers means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA, OCR.
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Molecules with the same structural formula, the same atoms joined to the same atoms, but a different arrangement in space.
Compounds with the same structural formula but with a different arrangement in space.
Topics that use stereoisomers
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