Interpretation:
According to the given reaction, various statements are to be explained.
Concept introduction:
The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog rule system ranks the substituents in the chirality center in the order of decreasing atomic number. Higher atomic number takes precedence over lower atomic number for the substituent.
If two groups directly attached to the chirality center are same then compare the atoms attached to them on the basis of their
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