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Title: chiral carbon
Post by: ccj on June 09, 2004, 06:39:20 AM

how many chiral carcon in this molecule?

Title: Re:chiral carbon
Post by: ccj on June 09, 2004, 06:41:26 AM

the picture is not clear.

an methyl group, I - attached to the cycloalkane
CHCl is attached to the benzene ring

Title: Re:chiral carbon
Post by: ccj on June 09, 2004, 08:51:46 AM

i dont have powerpoint / paint.
hope this is better.

Title: Re:chiral carbon
Post by: AWK on June 09, 2004, 09:04:19 AM

Chiral carbon should have four different substituents (including hydrogen).
Hence your compound has 3 chiral carbon atoms.

Title: Re:chiral carbon
Post by: ccj on June 09, 2004, 01:57:07 PM

urm. can anyone show which are chiral carbons?

Title: Re:chiral carbon
Post by: Mitch on June 09, 2004, 02:32:02 PM

well, which one has 4 substituents?

Title: Re:chiral carbon
Post by: Donaldson Tan on June 10, 2004, 03:51:03 AM

Quote from: Mitch on June 09, 2004, 02:32:02 PM

well, which one has 4 substituents?

Generally, the sp3 hybridised carbon atom that has 4 different substituent groups attached to it is a chiral carbon

Title: Re:chiral carbon
Post by: ccj on June 10, 2004, 05:39:29 AM

thank you. i already now which 3 are the chiral carbons.