Types of Isomers: Constitutional Isomers, Stereoisomers, Enantiomers, And Diastereomers How do we tell if molecules are “related”? And once we know that they are, how
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How To Draw The Enantiomer Of A Compound – The Single Swap Rule Exchanging any two groups on a chiral center will flip the R/S
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Are These Molecules Enantiomers, Diastereomers or The Same? A classic exam question is to determine whether two molecules are enantiomers, diastereomers or the same. This
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Recognizing Meso Compounds In chemistry, two molecules that are superimposable mirror images are considered to be identical molecules. They will have identical physical properties in all respects.
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Optical Rotation, Optical Activity, and Specific Rotation If you’ve been learning about stereochemistry, enantiomers, and diastereomers, the following might sound familiar: Diastereomers have different physical
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Let’s recap what we’ve talked about so far. Sawhorse cat and Freaky Sawhorse cat are constitutional isocats. But Freaky Sawhorse Cat has a mirror image of
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What’s A Racemic Mixture? A racemic mixture is an equimolar mixture of two enantiomers that is optically inactive. In this article we break down what a racemic mixture is, and give plenty
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I got a very excited call from Walter yesterday. He was looking out the window of his apartment in Talbieh and spied a freaky looking
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Last weekend while parts of North America and Europe were getting buried in snow, my wife and I went to Tel Aviv to pick up
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I was out for a walk the other day and I saw 3 of the weirdest/ugliest looking cats I’d ever seen.Even weirder than Freaky Sawhorse
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