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Title: Methods of projecting chiral molecules
Post by: orgkim98 on March 26, 2016, 11:20:00 AM

Hello, everyone. I have been having problems with chiral carbons and stereoisomers. I know what it theoretically means but I sometimes cannot do the part where we turn our molecule so that lowest priority group projects away from us. I generally choose a group as my axis to turn my molecule around itself and go for it. However sometimes it works and sometimes it does not. I don't even have a slightest idea why such a thing happens. 
Could you please help me why this happens? Do you have your own method of imagining it?
Thank you in advance.

Title: Re: Methods of projecting chiral molecules
Post by: Dan on March 26, 2016, 01:27:41 PM

Can you give an example of one you got wrong? If you show us what you're doing (draw) we should be able to see where you're going wrong.