General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry
General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780073511245
Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15, Problem 15.39P
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The chiral center and enantiomers of methamphetamine molecules should be determined.

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Organic compounds are the compounds that are mainly composed of C and H atoms. The branch of chemistry that deals with preparation, reactions, and properties of organic compounds is said to be the organic chemistry. The compounds with same molecular formula and different structural formula are called isomers. Isomers can be classified as constitutional isomers and stereoisomers.

Constitutional isomers can be defined as the pair of molecules with the same molecular formula but different structural formula. Stereoisomers have same molecular and structural formula but have different arrangement of atoms in the three-dimensional space.

Optical isomers are type of stereoisomers which have same molecular and structural formula but have different arrangement of atoms in the three-dimensional space. The essential condition for a molecule to be optical isomer is the presence of chiral carbon atom.

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