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This chapter discusses stereochemistry, focusing on the three-dimensional structures of organic compounds and the concept of stereoisomerism, where compounds have the same atoms and bonds but different configurations. It explains optical activity and chirality, noting that chiral molecules are nonsuperimposable on their mirror images and can rotate polarized light, while achiral molecules cannot. The chapter also covers enantiomers, their properties, and how they can react differently in chiral environments
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