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Offline eccles1214

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chiral enol ethers? What are they? Why are they chiral?
« on: November 08, 2008, 06:48:40 PM »
So, I thought that in order for a molecule to be chiral it had to have four consituents around a center, like a carbon, so that it has a mirror plane?  But enol ethers have a double bond, so each carbon can have only three substituents (including the double bonded constituent).  So how can they  be chiral?   What makes an enol ether chiral?  Can you point me to a picture of a chiral enol ether?

Do silyl enol ethers have a chiral center?
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Re: chiral enol ethers? What are they? Why are they chiral?
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2008, 11:24:54 PM »
i think you are confused about the idea of prochirality:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prochiral


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