Ch5 Chirality
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racemic mix
an approximately 50/50 mix of chiral rectus or sinister molecules
racemate
an approximately 50/50 mix of chiral rectus or sinister molecules
when can you use the clockwise or anticlockwise shorthand to determine chirality?
when the 4th priority atom is eclipsed by the reference atom in a Newman projection down the reference-4th priority bond (goes back into the page).
enantiomers
a pair of chiral molecules where ALL chirality centres are reversed relative to each other
diastereomers
a pair of chiral molecules where some (but NOT all) chirality centres are reversed relative to each other
prochiral group
an sp2 group that can be converted to a chiral group by the addition of another group