Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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Author: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder
Publisher: WILEY
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The correct (R) and (S) designation for +  carvone and   - carvone are to be given.

Concept introduction:

Chiral centers are tetrahedral atoms that have four different substituents.

Each chiral center will have an R or an S configuration.   Enantiomers are one of the two stereoisomerism that are mirror images of each other, which are non-superimposable.

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