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5.14: Key Terms

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  • absolute configuration
  • achiral
  • Cahn–Ingold–Prelog rules
  • chiral
  • chiral environment
  • chirality center
  • configuration
  • dextrorotatory
  • diastereomer
  • enantiomer
  • epimer
  • levorotatory
  • meso compound
  • optically active
  • prochiral
  • prochirality center
  • pro-R configuration
  • pro-S configuration
  • R configuration
  • racemate
  • Re face
  • resolution
  • S configuration
  • Si face
  • specific rotation, [α]D

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