What Are the Two Major Factors That Threaten Stability

question 17

Multiple Choice

What are the two major factors that threaten stability?

• A) purchasing power parity and productivity
• B) purchasing power parity and inflation
• C) inflation and unemployment
• D) unemployment and a negative trade balance

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Definitions:

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other, differing in the arrangement of atoms in space, impacting physical properties and reactivity.

Tautomers

Isomers of organic compounds that readily interconvert, typically differing by the placement of a proton and the double bond.

Enol Tautomer

A form of tautomerism where a hydrogen atom shifts position, leading to a double bond and an alcohol group.

1-phenyl-2-octanone

An organic compound featuring a phenyl group attached to the first carbon of an octanone, a molecule with eight carbon atoms and a ketone functional group at the second position.