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ccj

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chiral carbon
« on: June 09, 2004, 06:39:20 AM »
how many chiral carcon in this molecule?
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Re:chiral carbon
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2004, 06:41:26 AM »
the picture is not clear.

an methyl group, I - attached to the cycloalkane
CHCl is attached to the benzene ring
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Re:chiral carbon
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2004, 08:51:46 AM »
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Re:chiral carbon
« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2004, 09:04:19 AM »
Chiral carbon should have four different substituents (including hydrogen).
Hence your compound has 3 chiral carbon atoms.
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Re:chiral carbon
« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2004, 01:57:07 PM »
urm. can anyone show which are chiral carbons?
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Re:chiral carbon
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2004, 02:32:02 PM »
well, which one has 4 substituents?
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Re:chiral carbon
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2004, 03:51:03 AM »
Quote from: Mitch on June 09, 2004, 02:32:02 PM
well, which one has 4 substituents?

Generally, the sp3 hybridised carbon atom that has 4 different substituent groups attached to it is a chiral carbon
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Re:chiral carbon
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2004, 05:39:29 AM »
thank you. i already now which 3 are the chiral carbons.
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