Chemistry
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Transcribed Image Text:The image displays four different 3D structural representations of a bromochlorocyclopentane molecule. Each model shows the arrangement of a bromine (Br) and a chlorine (Cl) atom attached to a cyclopentane ring.
1. **Reference Structure**
- In the top box, the cyclopentane ring is shown with a bromine atom attached by a solid wedge indicating it is above the plane of the ring, and a chlorine atom attached by a dashed wedge indicating it is below the plane.
2. **Structure A**
- The bromine atom is represented with a solid wedge, and the chlorine with a solid wedge as well, both above the plane of the cyclopentane ring.
3. **Structure B**
- The bromine atom uses a dashed wedge to show it is below the plane, while the chlorine atom is shown above the plane with a solid wedge.
4. **Structure C**
- Both the bromine and chlorine atoms are connected with dashed wedges, indicating both are below the plane of the cyclopentane ring.
5. **Structure D**
- The bromine atom is shown with a solid wedge, indicating it is above the plane, and the chlorine with a solid wedge, also above the plane.
These diagrams illustrate the concept of stereoisomerism, showing how different spatial arrangements of atoms can exist despite sharing the same molecular formula.
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-> Enantiomer of any chiral molecule is molecule which has just reverse configuration at chiral center .
-> Diastereomers are compounds which have some chiral carbon with similar configuration and some chiral center has reverse configuration.
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