4.2 Isomerism Part 2

Question 1

What are diastereomers?

Answer 1

stereoisomers that are not enantiomers; non-superimposable, non-mirror images

Question 2

What is resolution?

Answer 2

the process of separating a racemic mixture since enantiomers have identical chemical and physical properties

Question 3

What are epimers?

Answer 3

subclass of diastereomers that differ in their absolute configuration at a single chiral center

Question 4

What is an anomer?

Answer 4

epimers that form as a result of a ring closure

Question 5

What is a meso compound?

Answer 5

when a molecule containing chiral centers has an internal plane of symmetry

Question 6

What are geometric isomers?

Answer 6

diastereomers that differ in orientation of subsituents around a ring or a double bond

Question 7

What is a cis molecule?

Answer 7

molecule in which two higher priority groups are on the same side

Question 8

What is a trans molecule?

Answer 8

molecule in which two higher priority groups are on opposite sides

Question 9

What is a Z molecule?

Answer 9

two high priority groups are on the same side of a double bond

Question 10

What is an E molecule?

Answer 10

two high priority groups are on opposite sides of a double bond