Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry
13.4Isomerism: structural isomerism and stereoisomerism
Isomerism: structural isomerism and stereoisomerism in Cambridge AS & A Level Chemistry: what the syllabus expects you to know, the learning objectives and how to practise.
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Learning objectives
What the syllabus expects you to be able to do.
- 13.4.1Describe chain, positional and functional group isomerism.
- 13.4.2Describe stereoisomerism as geometrical (cis/trans) and optical isomerism.
- 13.4.3Explain cis/trans isomerism in alkenes by restricted rotation about π bonds.
- 13.4.4Explain chiral centres and enantiomers.
- 13.4.5Identify chiral centres and cis/trans isomerism in given structures, including cyclic compounds.
- 13.4.6Deduce the possible isomers of a given molecular formula.
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Structural and cis/trans isomerism
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