Question

The structure of a chiral isomer is given below. Draw the mirror image isomer.

The structure of a chiral isomer is given below. Draw the mirror image isomer. Use wedge-and-dash bonds for the substituent groups, and be sure that the bonds convey tetrahedral geometry.

Answer 1

Concepts and reason

If a carbon which is attached to four different groups is said to chiral carbon, and molecule is chiral.

Enantiomers are non-super imposable mirror images and have exactly opposite configurations.

Fundamentals

Chirality center: An atom (usually carbon) which is bonded to four different atoms or groups is known as chiral center.

A mirror plane which cuts a compound or a molecule into equal half is known as a plane of symmetry.

An optically active solution contains a chiral compound. An optically inactive compound contains an achiral compound with no stereogenic center, a meso compound (an achiral compound with two or more stereogenic centers) and a racemic mixture (an equal amount of two enantiomers).

For example, left and right hands are not identical but they are mirror images to each other.

The structure is as follows:

The chiral center is represented with an asterisk (*).

The mirror image is as follows:

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Ans:

Thus, the mirror image isomer of the given molecule is as follows:

Answer 2