Stereocenters Stereocenter(or stereogenic atom):any atom at which the interchange of two groups gives a stereoisomer. Chirality center(chiral carbon). Double-bonded carbon atoms in cis-trans isomers. CH2CH3 CH2CH2CH3 CH3 CH2CH3 H3 Br CH(CH3)2 CH3 asymmetric carbon chirality centers ( stereocenters(circled) e20i5代on Education,e 2013 Pearson Education,Inc. Chapter 5 7 © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc. Stereocenters • Stereocenter (or stereogenic atom): any atom at which the interchange of two groups gives a stereoisomer. – Chirality center (chiral carbon). – Double-bonded carbon atoms in cis-trans isomers. Chapter 5 7