chemistry module 6 optical isomerism
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what are stereoisomers
molecules with the same structural formula but the atoms have a different arrangement in space
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what are the two types of stereoisomerism
geometrical - E/Z
optical
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what is a chiral carbon
a carbon that has 4 different groups attached to it
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what is an enantiomer
the enantiomers of an atom are the 2 optical isomers
they’re two non superimposable mirror images of each other
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how are chiral carbons marked
with an asterisk
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