SAGAR SINGH - IIT DELHI
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- The intersection of the horizontal and vertical lines represents the chiral center (the chiral carbon).
- The horizontal lines indicate bonds directed towards the reader.
- The vertical lines indicate bonds directed away from the reader.
- By rotating through an angle of 180o within the plane of paper, Fischer projection formula retain their configuration for e.g., by rotating (a) by 180o, (b) is got.

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