stereochemistry (redirected from stereochemical)

stereochemistry /ster·eo·chem·is·try/ (-kem´is-tre) the branch of chemistry treating of the space relations of atoms in molecules.stereochem´ical

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ster·e·o·chem·is·try (str--km-str)

n.

The branch of chemistry that deals with the spatial arrangement of atoms in molecules and the effects such arrangements have on the chemical and physical properties of the molecules, especially where asymmetric centers of substitution lead to optical rotation.

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stere·o·chemi·cal (--kl) adj.

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stereochemistry (steˈ·rē·ō·keˑ·mi·strē),

n area of chemistry dealing with the three-dimensional arrangement of atoms that make up a molecules.

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stereochemistry

the branch of chemistry treating of the space relations of atoms in molecules.