(organic chemistry) Compounds whose molecules have the same number and kind of atoms and the same atomic arrangement, but differ in their spatial relationship.
stereoisomers
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 | enantiomorphism (chemistry) |
| van't Hoff formula (organic chemistry) |
| conformational isomer |
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- enantiomorphism (chemistry)
- van't Hoff formula (organic chemistry)
- conformational isomer
- diastereoisomers
- anomer
- Stereochemistry
- decalin
- inositol (organic chemistry)
- isomer
- Molecular isomerism
- Ryoji Noyori (Japanese chemist)
- Karl Barry Sharpless (American chemist)
- glycine (animal – in chemistry)
- amino acid (in chemistry)
