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Chiral or achiral?
« on: September 10, 2009, 12:37:41 AM »
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I don't think A is chiral because it has that double bond that kinks it. Not sure about B or C. D and F has a stereocenter so they're chiral. E doesn't have a stereocenter, but it doesn't have symmetry nor inversion center.

What do you guys think.

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Re: Chiral or achiral?
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Re: Chiral or achiral?
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2009, 07:07:28 AM »
I think you're right for D & F, they're chiral (but they both have two stereocenters, not one, and they're not meso). Some of the others have simmetry element(s) that make them achiral
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Re: Chiral or achiral?
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2009, 08:01:02 AM »
D and F has a stereocenter so they're chiral.

Careful, look up the definition of meso.

I agree with you on E.

Take each compound, draw the mirror image and try to superimpose it on the original. That's the safest way to check it.

I make it 3 chiral, 3 achiral.
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