Transcription of Chapter 4: Stereochemistry - Colby College
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Chapter 4: StereochemistryIntroduction To StereochemistryConsider two of the compounds we produced while finding all the isomers of C7H16:2-methylhexame is superimposable with its mirror imageCH3CH32-methylhexane3-methylhexaneM eCMe2-methylhexaneMeMeHBuMeMeHBumirrorro tateMeMeHBuHIntroduction To StereochemistryCH3CH32-methylhexane3-met hylhexaneEtMeHPrEtMeHPrmirrorrotateCMe3- methylhexaneHEtMePrHConsider two of the compounds we produced while finding all the isomers of C7H16:2-methylhexame is superimposable with its mirror imageIntroduction To Stereochemistry Compounds that are not superimposable with their mirror image are called chiral (in Greek, chiral means"handed") 3-methylhexane is a chiral molecule. Compounds that are superimposable with their mirror image are called achiral.
Introduction To Stereochemistry Consider two of the compounds we produced while finding all the isomers of C7H16: 2-methylhexame is superimposable with its mirror image
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