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- Thanks - I was disappointed they have removed E/Z!!! I was just confused about the diasteromers as Pearson have even put it in a green box on the right to highlight it's importance, so thought I would double check. Thanks for all your work...
- Dear Geoffrey,Thank you again for your help.Leslie
- Hello Leslie, Paper 1 will be presented in two separate booklets, Section A and Section B, that are completed together without interruption. For both sections, the use of a calculator is permitted and students must also have access to a clean...
- Hi David, You are of course correct that the syllabus does not mention diastereomers, so, unless some specific information is given in the rubric of the question, students cannot really be examined on them. However, a structural formula could...