A Fad Is a Temporary Enthusiasm for an Innovation Less

question 11

True/False

A fad is a temporary enthusiasm for an innovation less respectable than fashion.

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Definitions:

Diastereomer

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other, differing in the spatial arrangement of atoms around one or more asymmetric centers.

Achiral

A term describing molecules that are superimposable on their mirror images, indicating they do not possess handedness or chirality.

Asymmetric Carbons

Carbon atoms bonded to four different groups, resulting in chirality and the potential for molecules to exist as enantiomers.

Enantiomers

Molecules that are mirror images of each other but cannot be superimposed, possessing opposite optical activities.