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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: Sheryl on November 03, 2006, 12:47:24 PM

Title: Fisher projections
Post by: Sheryl on November 03, 2006, 12:47:24 PM

Is there a good tutorial on how to do Fisher projections?

Thanks from Sheryl

Title: Re: Fisher projections
Post by: FeLiXe on November 03, 2006, 06:36:11 PM

wikipedia has funny images http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer_projection

I don't think it's so difficult you just have to think for any carbon that left and right are looking up to you. top and bottom are looking down. therefore the whole molecule is like a coil in front of you. and for any atom you want to look at you can imagine you rotate the coil so it is right on top in front of you.