Organic Chemistry,7th Edition L.G.Wade,Jr. Chapter 5 Stereochemistry Copyright 2010 Pearson Education,Inc
Chapter 5 Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. Organic Chemistry, 7th Edition L. G. Wade, Jr. Stereochemistry
Chirality right hand left hand ·“Handedness”:Right glove doesn'tfit the left hand. Mirror-image object is different from the original object. Chapter 5 2
Chapter 5 2 Chirality • “Handedness”: Right glove doesn’t fit the left hand. • Mirror-image object is different from the original object
Achiral Objects that can be superposed are achiral. Chapter 5 3
Chapter 5 3 Achiral • Objects that can be superposed are achiral
Stereoisomers Enantiomers:Nonsuperimposable mirror images,different molecules with different properties. mirror CH CHCH2 Br Br CH2CH3 Copyright2010 Pearson Prentice Hall.Inc Chapter 5 4
Chapter 5 4 Stereoisomers Enantiomers: Nonsuperimposable mirror images, different molecules with different properties
Chiral Carbons Carbons with four different groups attached are chiral. It's mirror image will be a different compound (enantiomer). Copyright 2010 Pearson Prentice Hall,inc. Chapter 5 5
Chapter 5 5 Chiral Carbons • Carbons with four different groups attached are chiral. • It’s mirror image will be a different compound (enantiomer)