Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305580350
Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Interpretation Introduction

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Explanation for the change in configuration and retaining of configuration of the products in the given reactions has to be given.

Concept Introduction:

Stereoisomers and chiral:

Isomers differing only in their spatial arrangement of atoms are called as stereoisomers.

The geometric property of a molecule that cannot be superimposed on its mirror image is known as chirality.  Chiral carbon is the one which is attached with four different groups or atoms.

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