Question

Draw a structure containing only carbon and hydrogen that is a chiral alkyne with six carbon atoms. (Wedge/dash bonds are omitted for simplicity.)

Answer 1

Concepts and reason

An alkyne is a compound having general formula ${{\rm{C}}_n}{{\rm{H}}_{2n - 2}}$ , that is, it consists of carbon and hydrogen only.

Fundamentals

A compound in which carbon is bonded to four distinct groups is termed as an asymmetric center. And if the mirror image of this compound is non-superimposable than we can call this asymmetric center as a chiral center.

The molecular formula of an alkyne containing 6 carbon atoms is as follows:

${{\rm{C}}_6}{{\rm{H}}_{2\left( 6 \right) - 2}} = {{\rm{C}}_6}{{\rm{H}}_{10}}$

The chiral alkyne is drawn as follows:

Ans:

The chiral alkyne containing 6 carbon atoms is