The Standard Inquiry to the Client's Attorney Should Be Prepared

question 38

Multiple Choice

The standard inquiry to the client's attorney should be prepared on

• A) plain paper (no letterhead) and be unsigned.
• B) lawyer's stationery and signed by the lawyer.
• C) auditor's stationery and signed by an audit partner.
• D) client's letterhead and signed by a company official.

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Definitions:

Enantiomeric Excess

A measurement of the purity of an enantiomer in a mixture, defined as the difference in percentage between the two enantiomers.

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers which aren't each other's mirror reflections and possess distinct physical characteristics.

Geometric Isomers

Molecules with the same molecular formula and sequence of bonded atoms (constitution), but differing in the three-dimensional orientations of their atoms in space.

(E)-2-pentene

An alkene with the formula CH3CH=CHCH2CH3 where the two substituents on the double bond are on opposite sides, denoted by the (E) configuration.