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Chapter 5: Q4. (page 180)

Draw in a plane of symmetry for each molecule.

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Plane of symmetry

An imaginary plane that bisects a molecule dividing it into two equal/identical halves is termed plane of symmetry.

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Plane of symmetry and chirality

Molecules that possess a mirror plane or plane of symmetry are termed achiral and the ones that do not possess a plane of symmetry are termed chiral.

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Plane of symmetry of the given molecules

The plane of symmetry of the given molecules are as follows:

a.

Plane of symmetry in compound a

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Plane of symmetry in compound b

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Plane of symmetry in compound c

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Plane of symmetry in compound d

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Most popular questions from this chapter

Drawn are four isomeric dimethylcyclopropanes.

a. How are the compounds in each pair related (enantiomers, diastereomers, constitutional isomers): A and B; A and C; B and C; C and D?

b. Label each compound as chiral or achiral.

c. Which compounds, alone, would be optically active?

d. Which compounds have a plane of symmetry?

e. How do the boiling points of the compounds in each pair compare: A and B; B and C; C and D?

f. Which of the compounds are meso compounds?

g. Would an equal mixture of compounds C and D be optically active? What about an equal mixture of B and C?

What is the maximum number of stereoisomers possible for a compound with:

a. three stereogenic centers;

b. eight stereogenic centers?

Label each compound as chiral or achiral. Compounds that contain a single carbon common to two rings are called spiro compounds. Because carbon is tetrahedral, the two rings are perpendicular to each other.

a.

b.

c.

d.

Label the two stereogenic centers in each compound and draw all possible stereoisomers.

a.

b.

Label the stereogenic centers in paclitaxel, the chapter-opening anticancer drug, as R or S.
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