Question

B. STEREOISOMERS Star the chiral carbon in each of the following molecules. Then indicate how many forms exist for those compounds with at least one chiral carbon. OH OH OH OH O CH3 a) b) HOC2- CH-CH-CH-CH-CH CH3-CHCH2OH OH c) CHCH3 d) CH3CCH2CH3

Answer 1

Star the chiral carbon in each of the following molecules. Then indicate how many forms exist for those compounds with at least one chiral carbon. B. STEREOISOMERS OH OH OH OH O CH3 CH3 CHCH2OH no chiral carbon b) HOCH2 H-H-CH-CH-CH four chiral carbon a) он c) CHCH3 d) CH3CCH2CH3 no chiral carbon one chiral carbon A chiral carbon contains four different type of substituents attached to it and this avoids any symmetry present in the molecule. number of stereoisomers 2n where, n number of chiral carbons. for compound c which has one chiral carbon, number of stereoisomers 21 number of stereoisomers 2 (so, two forms of compound will exist for c)