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Determine whether each of the following compounds is
Chapter 5, Problem 5.53(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Determine whether each of the following compounds is optically active or optically inactive: (a) OH H Me OH Me H (b) H Me Cl Et H Me (c) CH3 HO OH H CH3 H (d) (e) H CH2OH OH HO H O H (f) CH2CH3 H CH3 CH3 H H (g) (h)
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QUESTION:
Determine whether each of the following compounds is optically active or optically inactive: (a) OH H Me OH Me H (b) H Me Cl Et H Me (c) CH3 HO OH H CH3 H (d) (e) H CH2OH OH HO H O H (f) CH2CH3 H CH3 CH3 H H (g) (h)
ANSWER:Step 1 of 10
(a) It is much easier to visualize compounds in the bond-line structure form, so convert the Newman projection to the bond-line form.