Student Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Brown/Iverson/Anslyn/Foote's Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition
Student Study Guide and Solutions Manual for Brown/Iverson/Anslyn/Foote's Organic Chemistry, 8th Edition
8th Edition
ISBN: 9781305864504
Author: Brent L. Iverson, Sheila Iverson
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.36P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Chirality of the drawn structures has to be checked and also their optical rotation at 298K has to be explained.

Concept Introduction:

Chiral center:

A tetrahedral atom that is bonded to four different groups is called as chiral center.  The most commonly known tetrahedral atom is carbon.

Meso compound:

It is an achiral compound having two or more chiral centers that also has chiral isomers.

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