
Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation:
Whether the given molecules possess a plane of symmetry or not, it is to be indicated.
Concept introduction:
A molecule has a plane of symmetry if it can be bisected in such a way that one half of molecule is the mirror image of the other half. If a molecule has at least one plane of a symmetry, then its mirror image is the same as itself. Thus, a molecule that possesses a plane of symmetry must be achiral, and the molecules that do not possess a plane of symmetry are chiral.
(b)
Interpretation:
Whether the given molecules possess a plane of symmetry or not, it is to be indicated.
Concept introduction:
A molecule has a plane of symmetry if it can be bisected in such a way that one half of molecule is the mirror image of the other half. If a molecule has at least one plane of a symmetry, then its mirror image is the same as itself. Thus, a molecule that possesses a plane of symmetry must be achiral, and the molecules that do not possess a plane of symmetry are chiral.
(c)
Interpretation:
Whether the given molecules possess a plane of symmetry or not, it is to be indicated.
Concept introduction:
A molecule has a plane of symmetry if it can be bisected in such a way that one half of molecule is the mirror image of the other half. If a molecule has at least one plane of a symmetry, then its mirror image is the same as itself. Thus, a molecule that possesses a plane of symmetry must be achiral, and the molecules that do not possess a plane of symmetry are chiral.
(d)
Interpretation:
Whether the given molecules possess a plane of symmetry or not, it is to be indicated.
Concept introduction:
A molecule has a plane of symmetry if it can be bisected in such a way that one half of molecule is the mirror image of the other half. If a molecule has at least one plane of a symmetry, then its mirror image is the same as itself. Thus, a molecule that possesses a plane of symmetry must be achiral, and the molecules that do not possess a plane of symmetry are chiral.
(e)
Interpretation:
Whether the given molecules possess a plane of symmetry or not, it is to be indicated.
Concept introduction:
A molecule has a plane of symmetry if it can be bisected in such a way that one half of molecule is the mirror image of the other half. If a molecule has at least one plane of a symmetry, then its mirror image is the same as itself. Thus, a molecule that possesses a plane of symmetry must be achiral, and the molecules that do not possess a plane of symmetry are chiral.
(f)
Interpretation:
Whether the given molecules possess a plane of symmetry or not, it is to be indicated.
Concept introduction:
A molecule has a plane of symmetry if it can be bisected in such a way that one half of molecule is the mirror image of the other half. If a molecule has at least one plane of a symmetry, then its mirror image is the same as itself. Thus, a molecule that possesses a plane of symmetry must be achiral, and the molecules that do not possess a plane of symmetry are chiral.

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Organic Chemistry: Principles and Mechanisms (Second Edition)
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