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How many different substituents are required on a carbon atom for it to be chiral?
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∙ 13y ago
four.
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Is 1-bromobutane chiral or achiral?
Put the molecule on a mirror, drawing the two imagees If you try to superpose each other, they are nonsuperposable That means they are not the same molecule and they are chiral. If you look for the assimetric carbon you can realize that the four substituents are different: C*-Br C*-H C*-CH2CH3 C*-CH3 Always you find an ASSIMETRIC CARBON* molecule is Chiral
How can a Chiral Carbon be formed?
A chiral carbon is bonded to four different substituents. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes I know that but how...do u know the mechanism ??? I am also confused by your question... Any reaction that yields a carbon with 4 different substituentes will yield a chiral center. There are reactions that can create certain isomers, S or R. Is that what you are asking? If so, there are many hundreds of these reactions. Are you maybe referring to an inversion of chirality, such as an SN2 type reaction? yes the SN2 mechanism please can u explain it further more....
What is a chiral carbon?
A chiral carbon (from Greek 'hand') is one that is linked to different groups. It is not overlappable with its mirror image because of this.
What is chiral intermediate?
Chiral intermediate is an atom having totally different groups around it. Carbon atom for example surrouned by 4 different groups.
Is chiral carbon and asymmetric carbon is one and the same thing or different?
Yes, carbon attached with four different group is assymmetry and hence they show chirality.
Is 1-bromobutane chiral or achiral?
Put the molecule on a mirror, drawing the two imagees If you try to superpose each other, they are nonsuperposable That means they are not the same molecule and they are chiral. If you look for the assimetric carbon you can realize that the four substituents are different: C*-Br C*-H C*-CH2CH3 C*-CH3 Always you find an ASSIMETRIC CARBON* molecule is Chiral
How can you say that a carbon in molecule is chiral?
Chiral carbon is the carbon which is connected to four different groups in a molecule.
How can a Chiral Carbon be formed?
A chiral carbon is bonded to four different substituents. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes I know that but how...do u know the mechanism ??? I am also confused by your question... Any reaction that yields a carbon with 4 different substituentes will yield a chiral center. There are reactions that can create certain isomers, S or R. Is that what you are asking? If so, there are many hundreds of these reactions. Are you maybe referring to an inversion of chirality, such as an SN2 type reaction? yes the SN2 mechanism please can u explain it further more....
What is a chiral carbon?
A chiral carbon (from Greek 'hand') is one that is linked to different groups. It is not overlappable with its mirror image because of this.
What is meant by chiral carbon?
A chiral carbon is one that is covalently bonded to four chemically distinct substituents. A compound with a chiral carbon in its molecules has molecular isomers differing from each other primarily in whether compounds containing such carbon atoms rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light clockwise or anticlockwise. In some instances in which one molecule containing a chiral atom reacts with another such compound, the difference between such isomer also the speed of chemical reactions; in some instances, only one of the isomers will react at all.
What is a chiral?
A chiral carbon (from Greek 'hand') is one that is linked to different groups. It is not overlappable with its mirror image because of this.
What is chiral intermediate?
Chiral intermediate is an atom having totally different groups around it. Carbon atom for example surrouned by 4 different groups.
What is true of an asymmetric carbon?
Every asymmetric carbon (also known as chiral carbon) atom has for different groups attached to it. Those molecules have no planes of symmetry or axes of symmetry with respect to chiral carbon atoms.
Is chiral carbon and asymmetric carbon is one and the same thing or different?
Yes, carbon attached with four different group is assymmetry and hence they show chirality.
Are carbon atom that attach to four another carbons chiral atom or no?
If a carbon atom forms four covalent bonds with four different atoms or groups, the particular carbon is said to be chiral. And the molecule shows stereoisomerism around that atom.
How many chiral centers in sucrose?
I think glucose has 4 chiral centres four carbon atoms has four different compound/elements bonded to it.
What is alpha carbon?
The carbon atom to which four groups are attached either same or different.So every chiral carbon is alpha but every alpha is not a chiral carbon.
