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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: RH111 on April 08, 2021, 03:02:26 AM
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Hi,
From what I understand, for a Carbon atom to be a stereogenic center, it needs to be bonded to 4 distinct groups. I was wondering whether two stereoisomers (of the E and Z configurations) would be considered distinct groups and make the compound chiral; or if they are considered identical and thus make the compound achiral.
Thanks!
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I was wondering whether two stereoisomers (of the E and Z configurations) would be considered distinct
Yes.
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Thanks for your response. In that case how would I assign priority to those groups (the E-Z stereoisomers) to determine the R-S configuration of the molecule?
~RH111
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Come on, have you even tried?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahn–Ingold–Prelog_priority_rules#Geometric_isomers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahn–Ingold–Prelog_priority_rules#Geometric_isomers)