General Chemistry
General Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780073402758
Author: Chang, Raymond/ Goldsby
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.77SP
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Chirality and the alcohol based structural isomer should be identified for the given formula of C6H14O

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Isomer: Molecule has same molecular formula but different structural arrangement is called isomer.

Chiral: Absence of a plane of symmetry or a center of symmetry is called chiral molecule, a non-superimposable on its mirror image is called chiral. A carbon atom is attached by the four different groups is called chiral carbon.

Achiral: Presence of a plane of symmetry or a center of symmetry is called achiral molecule, a superimposable on its mirror image is called achiral. A carbon atom does not have four different groups is called achiral carbon

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Ch. 11 - Prob. 11.2QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.3QPCh. 11 - 11.4 What are structural isomers? Ch. 11 - Prob. 11.5QPCh. 11 - 11.6 Draw skeletal structures of the boat and...Ch. 11 - 11.7 Alkenes exhibit geometric isomerism because...Ch. 11 - 11.8 Why is it that alkanes and alkynes, unlike...Ch. 11 - Prob. 11.9QPCh. 11 - 11.10 Describe reactions that are characteristic...Ch. 11 - Prob. 11.11QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.12QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.13QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.14QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.15QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.16QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.17QPCh. 11 - 11.18 Draw Newman projections of four different...Ch. 11 - 11.19 Draw the structures of cis-2-butene and...Ch. 11 - 11.20 Would you expect cyclobutadiene to be a...Ch. 11 - Prob. 11.21QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.22QPCh. 11 - 11.23 Sulfuric acid (H2SO4) adds to the double...Ch. 11 - Prob. 11.24QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.25QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.26QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.27QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.28QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.29QPCh. 11 - 11.30 Benzene and cyclohexane both contain...Ch. 11 - Prob. 11.31QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.32QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.33QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.34QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.35QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.36QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.37QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.38QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.39QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.40QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.41QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.42QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.43QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.44QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.45QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.46QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.47QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.48QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.49QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.50QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.51QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.52QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.53QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.54QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.55QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.56QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.57QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.58QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.59QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.60QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.61QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.62QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.63QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.64QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.65QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.66QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.67QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.68QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.69QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.70QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.71QPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.72QPCh. 11 - 11.73 Octane number is assigned to gasoline to...Ch. 11 - Prob. 11.74SPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.75SPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.76SPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.77SPCh. 11 - Prob. 11.78SP
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