Before World War II,there Was a Double Peak in Marriages

question 20

Multiple Choice

Before World War II,there was a double peak in marriages during June and September.According to the text,what did this probably reflect?

• A) the agricultural basis of society
• B) the fact that the Roman Catholic church discouraged marriages during Lent
• C) vacation patterns in an industrial society
• D) the fact that summer was a time everyone was out of town

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Definitions:

Stereocenters

Chiral centers in a molecule, points at which the molecule can adopt different spatial arrangements leading to different stereoisomers.

Stereogenic Centers

Atoms within a molecule that are bonded to four different substituents, giving rise to stereoisomerism.

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other and possess different physical and chemical properties.

Diastereomers

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