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Stereoisomers: Enantiomers, Diastereomers, and Meso Compounds!
In this organic chemistry tutorial on stereoisomers, we learn to distinguish between enantiomers and diastereomers, and also how to identify a meso compound. We also do a few practice problems.
00:00 Intro
00:19 Stereoisomers vs. constitutional isomers
01:56 What are enantiomers?
03:43 What are diastereomers?
05:56 Practice Problems - enantiomers vs. diastereomers vs. constitutional isomers
09:35 How to find the total number of stereoisomers for a molecule
11:17 What are meso compounds?
13:55 One more practice problem
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