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How To Find Chiral Centers And Calculate The Number Of Possible Stereoisomers (with examples)

Mark each chiral center in the following molecules with an asterisk. How many stereoisomers are possible for each molecule?

The number of the maximum stereoisomers possible is given by the formula 2^n where n is the number of chiral centers in a molecule.


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