Q.13. 61 - An Introduction to General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry

Question

Identify the chiral carbon if any in each of the following compounds

Step-by-Step Solution

Answer

Part (a) : A chiral carbon atom is a carbon atom that is attached to four different types of atoms or groups of atoms. 

Part (b) : Chiral C is absent. The chiral carbon has four distinct groups connected to it.

Part (c) : The chiral carbon has four distinct groups connected to it.

Part (d) : The chiral carbon is the carbon that is attached to FOUR different groups 

Part (e) : The chiral carbon is the carbon that is attached to FOUR different groups. 

Step 1: Introduction (Part a)

A chiral carbon atom is a carbon atom that is attached to four different types of atoms or groups of atoms. 

Step 2: Identify the chiral carbon if any in each of the following compounds (Part a)

• Chiral  C  is marked in diagram. The chiral carbon is the carbon that is attached to FOUR different groups

Step 3: b) Identify the chiral carbon if any in each of the following compounds

• The chiral carbon has four distinct groups connected to it.

• Because there is no C atom with four distinct groups attached, there is no chiral C in this molecule.

• chiral C is absent.
  
  

Step 4: c) Identify the chiral carbon if any in each of the following compounds

• The chiral carbon has four distinct groups connected to it.

• Because there is no C atom with four distinct groups attached, there is no chiral C in this molecule.

• chiral C is absent.

Step 5: d) Identify the chiral carbon if any in each of the following compounds

• Chiral  C  is marked in diagram. The chiral carbon is the carbon that is attached to FOUR different groups

Step 6: e) Identify the chiral carbon if any in each of the following compounds

• Chiral  C  is marked in diagram. The chiral carbon is the carbon that is attached to FOUR different groups.