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Salient Features of the Book• The book covers the topics from basic to advanced level, which enable the students for self-study.• A large number of varied subjective and objective problems and their solutions are provided in each chapter keeping in view the CSIR (NET), SLET, IAS, PCS and other competitive examinations.• Most importantly, this book covers principles of stereochemistry and stereochemistry of organic reactions including important name reactions in the same volume.• The subject matter is comprehensive and presented in a logical and fully modern way, which is easy to understand and stimulates the interest of readers.• The up to date concepts of stereochemistry including prostereoisomerism and dynamic aspect of stereochemistry have been incorporated.• Simple methods for the assignment of absolute configurations (R and S) to the chiral centres/units, especially in the rings and sharpless asymmetric epoxidation products are given.• Handy tips for interconversions of Fischer projection, sawhorse and Newman formulae are provided.