it is just the forumla, it is asked exactly like "How many stereoisomers does C4H9Cl have?
Interesting...there are various *structural* isomers of that compound, and some of those may have stereoisomer, but that doesn't seem to be like what they are looking for. Look at the picture on the wikipedia page for
Isomer to see the hierarchy of isomer classification. I'm not sure of the best way to answer this question. It's not very clear.
for the metabolism of alcohol in the liver im almost certain that the answer is oxidation. I will read your link after this post. I have a few more problems that I have worked out and would like to know what you think.
Indeed it is oxidation.
1) Four steroisomers of threonine are named D-threonine, L-threonine, Dallofthreonin and L-allothreonine. The compounds D-Threonine and L-allothreonine are what
a) racemic mixture b) diastereomers c) enantiomers d) meso compounds
The answer that I came up with was b) diastereomers.
I can't find all of the structures online in my quick search, but based on the names, etc, it sounds correct.
2) All enzyme molecules are ?
a) achiral b) enantiomers c) chiral d) superimposable
for this answer I chose b) enantiomers.
Not quite. You don't always have enantiomers of enzymes. You're on the right track though.
3) In first step of the body's metabolism of ethyl alcohol, what forms?
I was scanning my book and the conclusion that I came up with was an aldehyde because I believe carboxylic acid is the second step, another option was alkene and ether.
Correct, aldehyde.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_metabolismand for the first question I asked, my book asks for the product of
CH2=CHCH2CH3 + H2 ---------> ?
Ah, we were missing the H2 before. This is a very standard alkene reaction. Check out the following
link, let me know if you have questions about the information presented there.