1. Chiral Achiral Compounds Identifying （1。）.pdf

C341/Spring 2010 Chapter 3 Chapter 3: Stereochemistry Chirality 1. Chiral Achiral Compounds - Identifying Stereocenters 2. Assigning R S configurations 3. Diastereomers - Molecules with two or more stereocenters 4. Properties of Stereoisomers Optical Activity Of course I would want you to do all the problems at the end of the chapter, but your doing the following problems would be a bare minimum: 3.20-22, 3.26, 3.30, 3.31, 3.34, and 3.36. Be sure to practice all the R and S problems within the chapter reading since there are not enough at the end of the chapter. Stereoisomers – WHERE DO THEY FIT INTO THE BIG PICTURE? Page 1 of 21 C341/Spring 2010 Chapter 3 Does stereoisomerism matter chemically? . (R)-limonene (S)-limonene Orange smell Lemon smell Page 2 of 21 C341/Spring 2010 Chapter 3 1. Chiral Achiral Compounds Chirality is encountered in a host of everyday examples where asymmetry exists: Chiral = molecules that are non-superimposable on their mirror image A simplified rule applies to tetrahedrally-bonded carbon, where all four substituents are different, the carbon is a called stereocenter = chiral center. o If there are two equivalent groups on the same carbon, that carbon CANNOT be a stereocenter. Achiral = a species with no chiral center - achiral compounds have a plane or center of symmetry somewhere…