Associations to the word «Stereochemistry»

Wiktionary

STEREOCHEMISTRY, noun. (chemistry) (uncountable) the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species
STEREOCHEMISTRY, noun. (chemistry) (countable) the effect of such spatial arrangement on the chemistry of a particular compound

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.