stereocenter
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9 sectionsContents
- Location
- Possible number of stereoisomers
- Configuration
- Chirality centers
- Stereogenic on carbon
- Stereogenic on other atoms
- Chirality and stereocenters
- See also
- References
upright=1.3|thumb|Two enantiomers of a generic [[amino acid at the stereocenter]]
In stereochemistry, a stereocenter of a molecule is an atom (center), axis or plane that is the focus of stereoisomerism; that is, when having at least three different groups bound to the stereocenter, interchanging any two different groups creates a new stereoisomer. Stereocenters are also referred to as stereogenic centers.