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Offline zhouduck

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Conformers? Enantiomers?
« on: June 26, 2010, 04:33:16 AM »
Why the two compounds in Fig 1 are "two conformers of the same molecule"? While the two compounds in Fig 2 are "Enantiomers"  ??? ???
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Re: Conformers? Enantiomers?
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2010, 06:20:05 PM »
They are conformers because of the ring flipping.
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Re: Conformers? Enantiomers?
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2010, 01:01:36 AM »
Hi Bolo, so comformers are also enantiomers since they are mirror image of each other?
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Re: Conformers? Enantiomers?
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2010, 05:26:50 AM »
I would say - They are conformers (because of the ring flipping) but not enantiomers. They only look like enantiomers but they are the same compound.
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