Chapter 5, Problem 5.7YT

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Asterisk is to be placed at the chiral center in $\text{butan-2-ol}$ and in $\text{2-bromo-1, 1-dimethylcyclobutane}$.

Concept introduction:

A chiral center is a tetrahedral stereocenter (${\text{sp}}^3$ hybridized carbon), which is bonded to four different atoms or groups of atoms. If an ${\text{sp}}^3$ hybridized carbon has two or more identical groups or atoms attached, then it is not a stereocenter. A chiral center is represented by an asterisk.