Construct a model in which a tetrahedral carbon atom has four different colored model atoms attached to it- red, green, orange and white representing 4 different atoms attached to the central atom. a) Does the atom have a plane of symmetry? why or why not? b) Now replace the green atom in your model with a second orange atom. Now two of the groups attached to the carbon atom are identical. Does the model now have a plane of symmetry? Describe it. c)A carbon atom has four different groups attached to the stereogenic center. Draw structural formulas for the following compound and mark stereogenic centers with as asterisk: 1-bromobutane, 2-bromobutane, 1,2-dibromobutane, 1,4-dibromobutane, 2,3-dibromobutane.
Construct a model in which a tetrahedral carbon atom has four different colored model atoms attached to it- red, green, orange and white representing 4 different atoms attached to the central atom.
a) Does the atom have a plane of symmetry? why or why not?
b) Now replace the green atom in your model with a second orange atom. Now two of the groups attached to the carbon atom are identical. Does the model now have a plane of symmetry? Describe it.
c)A carbon atom has four different groups attached to the stereogenic center. Draw structural formulas for the following compound and mark stereogenic centers with as asterisk: 1-bromobutane, 2-bromobutane, 1,2-dibromobutane, 1,4-dibromobutane, 2,3-dibromobutane.
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