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Stereochemistry Flashcards

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1
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Objects are chiral if they are ______ than their mirror images

A

different

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2
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Reflect hand in the mirror, can it be superimposed? No, what does this mean?

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Our hands are chiral

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Reflect bottle in the mirror, can it be superimposed? Yes, what does this mean?

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Bottles are achiral

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Objects that can be superimposed on their mirror image are ______

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achiral

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5
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Objects that cannot be superimposed on their mirror image are ______

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chiral

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T/F Chirality = handedness

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true

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7
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What are some lists of common examples that are chiral?

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-feet
-gloves
-baseball glove
-shoes
-scissors
-golf clubs
(things that are right or left handed)

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8
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What are some lists of common examples that are achiral?

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  • ball
  • glass
  • chair
  • brick
  • fork
  • spoon
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a _______ _______ is a tetrahedral atom bonded to four different groups

A

stereogenic center

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10
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a molecule with 1 stereogenic center will be ______

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chiral

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11
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a molecule with _____ _____ 1 stereogenic center may be chiral

A

more than

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T/F a stereogenic center is a tetrahedral atom bonded to four atoms

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False, the tetrahedral atom is bonded to 4 different GROUPS

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When a molecule has a plane of symmetry it will be ______

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achiral

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14
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A compound is meso if:

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  • it has multiple stereogenic centers, but it is the same as its mirror image
  • it has more than one stereogenic center, but it is achiral
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15
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Every chiral center has two possibilities, what are they?

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R or S

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16
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List the rules for R/S nomenclature

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  1. Identify the stereogenic center
  2. Rank substituents around stereogenic center 1-4
    - Higher atomic number ranks higher (for isotopes, higher mass ranks higher)
    - When there is a tie, move to the next atom
    - Treat a multiply bonded atom as having an equivalent number of singly bonded atoms
  3. Position lowest priority substituent away
  4. Draw circle from 1 –> 2 –> 3 –> 1
  5. Circle is clockwise = R
    Circle is counter clockwise =S
17
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Circle is clockwise =

A

R

18
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Circle is counter clockwise =

A

S

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