Ch. 5 Stereochemistry at Tetrahedral Centers

Question 1

Molecules that are not the same as their mirror images.

Answer 1

Enantiomers

Question 2

Molecules that do not have a plane of symmetry.

Answer 2

Chiral

Question 3

Stereoisomers that are not not mirror images.

Answer 3

Diastereomers

Question 4

Point in a molecule where four different groups are attached to a carbon.

Answer 4

Chirality center.

Question 5

Property of organic compounds to rotate plane polarized light that passes through it.

Answer 5

Optically active

Question 6

Optically active substance that rotates the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light in counter clockwise direction

Answer 6

Levorotary

Question 7

Optically active substance that rotates the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light in a clockwise direction

Answer 7

Dextrorotary

Question 8

Used to measure the rotation of plane polarized light that has passed through a solution.

Answer 8

Polarimeter

Question 9

The configuration of a chirality center if the curbed arrow is drawn clockwise.

Answer 9

R- configuration

Question 10

The configuration of a chirality center if the curbed arrow is drawn counter clockwise.

Answer 10

S- configuration

Question 11

Exact 3D structure of a chiral molecule

Answer 11

Absolute configuration

Question 12

Compounds in which two diastereomers differ at only one chirality center but are the same at all others.

Answer 12

Epimers