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stereoisomerism
(redirected from Configurational isomer)

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stereoisomerism /ster·eo·isom·er·ism/ (-i-som´er-izm) isomerism in which the isomers have the same structure (same linkages between atoms) but different spatial arrangements of the atoms.stereoisomer´ic
Stereoisomerism, exemplified by a pair of cis-trans diastereomers.

ster·e·o·i·som·er·ism (str---sm-rzm)
n.
Isomerism created by differences in the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule.

stere·o·iso·meric (--s-mrk) adj.

stereoisomerism
isomerism in which the compounds have the same structural formulae, but the atoms are distributed differently in space.

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