Medicinal - Chirality Flashcards
1
Q
What is a Chiral Centre?
A
A C atom in a compound attached to 4 unique chemical environments
2
Q
What is a Chiral compound?
A
A compound with a NON-superimposable mirror image
3
Q
What is an optical isomer?
A
2 non superimposable images of the same compound
4
Q
What is an achiral compound?
A
A compound WITH a superimposable mirror image.
5
Q
What is steam distillation?
A
Distillation by injection of water vapour to lower the boiling point of substances and hence minimise decomposition
6
Q
What is an active ingredient?
A
Compound that produces the desired effect.
7
Q
Solvent extraction
A
8
Q
Determining chirality
A
All with 1 chiral centre = chiral.
If plane of symmetry when more than 1, then not chiral/ is Achrial.
//analogous to polarity in the symmetry respect
