MOD 5 Flashcards
Are compounds having the SAME NUMBERS 7 KINDS of atoms but DIFFER in the way the atoms are ARRANGED.
ISOMERS
Different carbon skeletons
SKELETAL
Different functional groups
FUNCTIONAL
Different position of functional groups
POSITIONAL
the branch of chemistry concerned with the 3D STRUCTURES of molecules.
STEREOCHEMISTRY
– Same molecular formula and constitution but different spatial (3D) arrangement of atoms
–SAME CONNECTIVITY
STEREOISOMERS
Different arrangement due to rotation around a SINGLE BOND
CONFORMERS / ROTAMERS
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FRONT
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BACK
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AT THE PLANE
– The LOWEST-ENERGY, MOST STABLE conformation
– all six C–H bonds are as FAR AWAY from one another as possible
STAGGERED
– The HIGHEST-ENERGY, LEAST STABLE conformation
– six C–H bonds are as CLOSE as possible
ECLIPSED
methyl groups are FARTHEST apart
ANTI
REPULSION as a result of trying to occupy the SAME SPACE
STERIC STRAIN
cis
same side