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On Cats, Part 6: Stereocenters

Let’s recap what we’ve talked about so far. Sawhorse cat and Freaky Sawhorse cat are constitutional isocats. But Freaky Sawhorse Cat has a mirror image of

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What’s a Racemic Mixture?

What’s A Racemic Mixture? A racemic mixture is an equimolar mixture of two enantiomers that is optically inactive.  In this article we break down what a racemic mixture is, and give plenty

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Chiral Allenes And Chiral Axes

All About Allenes, Chiral and Otherwise Allenes are examples of cumulated dienes, molecules with consecutive (not conjugated) double bonds. Allenes are not flat. Due to the

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