1. Chirality of Chloro-Fluoro Methane. Instructions: Chloro-fluoro methane and its mirror image are shown below. Plea answer the question using these two structures. JSmol JSmol Question 1: How many different groups are attached to the central carbon atom: а. 1 b. 2 с. 3 d. 4 Question 2: Based on your answer to the first question - should you be able superimpose these two mirror images? Yes or No? Question 3: Based on your answer on number 2, do you consider these two molecule as chiral? Yes or No?
1. Chirality of Chloro-Fluoro Methane. Instructions: Chloro-fluoro methane and its mirror image are shown below. Plea answer the question using these two structures. JSmol JSmol Question 1: How many different groups are attached to the central carbon atom: а. 1 b. 2 с. 3 d. 4 Question 2: Based on your answer to the first question - should you be able superimpose these two mirror images? Yes or No? Question 3: Based on your answer on number 2, do you consider these two molecule as chiral? Yes or No?
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![1. Chirality of Chloro-Fluoro Methane.
Instructions: Chloro-fluoro methane and its mirror image are shown below. Please
answer the question using these two structures.
JSmol
JSmol
Question 1: How many different groups are attached to the central carbon atom:
а. 1
b. 2
С. 3
d. 4
Question 2: Based on your answer to the first question - should you be able to
superimpose these two mirror images? Yes or No?
Question 3: Based on your answer on number 2, do you consider these two molecules
as chiral? Yes or No?](/v2/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontent.bartleby.com%2Fqna-images%2Fquestion%2F86cba516-2b53-4c24-9936-8c3d6a38dd56%2F5d0502cb-0de1-41ed-9f47-a515304ef7f7%2F8gygmbr_processed.jpeg&w=3840&q=75)
Transcribed Image Text:1. Chirality of Chloro-Fluoro Methane.
Instructions: Chloro-fluoro methane and its mirror image are shown below. Please
answer the question using these two structures.
JSmol
JSmol
Question 1: How many different groups are attached to the central carbon atom:
а. 1
b. 2
С. 3
d. 4
Question 2: Based on your answer to the first question - should you be able to
superimpose these two mirror images? Yes or No?
Question 3: Based on your answer on number 2, do you consider these two molecules
as chiral? Yes or No?
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