In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
STEREOISOMERIC
Etymology
Adjective
stereoisomeric (not comparable)
of or pertaining to stereoisomers
exhibiting stereoisomerism
Smith’s diene is quite a reactive dienophile, reacting with cyclopentadiene in refluxing chloroform to furnish a mixture of stereoisomeric adducts by exclusive reaction at the β-face of the cyclobutene π-center.
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SUCH
(adjective) of so extreme a degree or extent; “such weeping”; “so much weeping”; “such a help”; “such grief”; “never dreamed of such beauty”
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