Asymmetrical molecule definition chemistry
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An aldohexose with 4 asymmetric carbon atoms has 24 = 16 stereoisomers: The four groups of atoms attached to the carbon atom can be arranged in space in two different ways that are mirror images of each other, and which lead to so-called left-handed and versions of the same molecule.A tetrose with 2 asymmetric carbon atoms has 22 = 4 stereoisomers:
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