Vera Has Been a Receptionist at an Office Tower Downtown

question 48

True/False

Vera has been a receptionist at an office tower downtown for five years.She enjoys the work as she has gotten to be friends with some of the tenants and she can knit during the slow times.Now,her employer has put a computer at her reception desk and is training her to do some clerical tasks during her downtime.Vera is extremely perturbed at this change,especially since her pay is topped out.Vera's reaction is unusual,as most workers enjoy cross-training and the variety of new tasks.

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Definitions:

Diastereomer

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other, differing in the orientation of substituents around one or more stereocenters.

Diastereomers

Stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other, differing in the configuration at one or more (but not all) of the chiral centers in molecules.

Chiral

Describes a molecule that is not superimposable on its mirror image, often leading to different reactions or interactions for each form.

Diastereomer

Molecules that are stereoisomers, not mirror images of each other and have more than one chiral center.