Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781936221349
Author: Marc Loudon, Jim Parise
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.17P
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The effect on the given enantiomeric resolution by the given condition is to be stated.

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A carbon atom that has four nonequivalent atoms or groups attached to it is known as the chiral carbon atom. Chiral carbon centers are also called as asymmetric or stereogenic centers. The chiral atom sometimes results in the formation of enantiomers which are the non-superimposable mirror images of each other.

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Interpretation:

The effect on the given enantiomeric resolution by the given condition is to be stated.

Concept introduction:

A carbon atom that has four nonequivalent atoms or groups attached to it is known as the chiral carbon atom. Chiral carbon centers are also called as asymmetric or stereogenic centers. The chiral atom sometimes results in the formation of enantiomers which are the non-superimposable mirror images of each other.

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(a) Draw all other stereoisomers of the molecule , labelling meso forms (if any), and assign descriptors to chiral carbon atoms.   (b) Including molecule below, label pairs of enantiomers and pairs of diastereomers.   (c) If you were to distill a mixture of all the isomers, how many fractions could be obtained, and what is in each fraction?
(c) What is the optical purity of a sample of the (S)-enantiomer if one- third of it under went conversion to its mirror image?
(f) Which of the following is true about an enantiomer of Lunesta? Identify all that apply: (1) The enantiomer rotates plane-polarized light in the opposite direction as Lunesta. (2) The enantiomer is a mirror image of Lunesta. (3) The enantiomer has the opposite biological effects as Lunesta (i.e., it keeps you awake). (4) Lunesta does not have an enantiomer.
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