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trinhn812
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Chiral or achiral?
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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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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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Quote from: trinhn812 on September 10, 2009, 12:37:41 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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