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Chapter 5: Q. 56 E-c (page 148)

Identify the indicated hydrogens in the following molecules as pro-R or pro-S:

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Prochiral compounds are planar compounds, and the carbon is hybridized, or they can be defined as achiral compounds that can be converted into chiral compounds by a single step.There are two terms, pro-R and pro-S, used in prochirality.

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Prochiral compounds

Prochiral compounds are planar compounds, and the carbon is hybridized, or they can be defined as achiral compounds that can be converted into chiral compounds by a single step.There are two terms, pro-R and pro-S, used in prochirality.

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Indicating hydrogens as pro-R and pro-S

(c).

Suppose the indicated hydrogens attached to carbon are different—one is H1, and the other isH2If the chiral carbon configuration is R, the replaced hydrogen is pro-R. If the chiral carbon configuration is S, the replaced hydrogen is pro-S. The H below the plane is pro-R, and the H above the plane is pro-S.


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