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Applicable to questions about the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule and how they affect its physical or chemical properties.

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Can a stereospecific / stereoselective reaction produce a racemic mixture of enantiomers?

I think I have my terms mixed up but I'm confused about the concept of stereoselectivity / stereospecificity as they relate to reactions with alkenes. For example, hydroboration is a stereospecific r …
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is this the proper identification of this cyclic molecule?

Attempt: (1S,3S)-1,3-Dichlorocyclohexane I'm just not sure about the nomenclature for R and S configurations (our teacher was a little unclear). I gave it my best shot after looking through some t …
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What is the stereochemistry resulting from hydroboration of 1-methylcyclopentene?

What is the major product of the following reaction sequence? I'm supposed to work out the structures of both 2 and 3, but I already know 2 to be 1-methylcyclopentene (as the most substitut …
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