For each of the stereocenters (circled) in Figure 5-5, (a) draw the compound with two of

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Stereocenters

When an atom of a compound can give rise to different isomers when the groups attached to it are exchanged, those centers are called the stereocenters.

A stereocenter can have a single bond or double bond and can be  hybridized or  hybridized. It can also be found in chiral or achiral molecules.

Sometimes, the exchange of groups on the stereogenic center of a molecule produces stereoisomers. Compounds that differ in the spatial arrangement of groups around a carbon center and thus produce non-superimposable mirror images are called stereoisomers.