A Draw chiral molecules that meet the following descriptions: (a) A chloroalkane, C5 H11 Cl (b)

A Draw chiral molecules that meet the following...

Key Concepts

Functional Groups in Organic Chemistry

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Molecular Formulas and Degrees of Unsaturation

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Chirality

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Stereogenic Centers

A stereogenic center, or chiral center, is typically a tetrahedral atom (most commonly carbon) bonded to four different substituents. The creation of such a center disrupts any internal plane of symmetry, resulting in a molecule that can exist as two enantiomers. Recognizing and assigning configurations (such as R or S) to these centers is a key skill in organic chemistry related to chiral molecules.

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00:01 So we have the following descriptions as well as molecular formulas, and we want to go ahead and draw the corresponding or a corresponding organic compound that's going to have at least one chiral center.

00:13 So what we can do for compound a is we know we're going to have a chloralcane with the molecular formula c5h11 cl.

00:21 And so what i like to do is i like to just go ahead and draw the parent chain right away.

00:25 And so we have five different carbons.

00:27 So i like to start with a five carbonychene chain, which would be a pentane.

00:32 And so that's going to look like this.

00:35 Right.

00:36 And now we all have to do is just add our chlorine.

00:39 And so if i were to add at the one position, i would see that i'm not going to have any chiral centers.

00:43 So if i was going to add it at the two position here, i would see that this particular carbon here that i have a red star next to is actually going to be a chirocarbon because it's going to be connected to that chloride.

00:57 It's going to be connected to the methyl, and it's going to be connected to the propyl on the right.

01:02 And it's also connected to an unseen hydrogen here.

01:07 And so therefore, that is going to be an example for compound a.

01:12 So that would be two chloropentane.

01:16 For compound b, we have an alcohol with the molecular formalis c6 h14o.

01:22 So we can go ahead and start by drawing the parent chain.

01:26 So i like to draw a hexane for six carbons.

01:33 Okay.

01:34 And once again, i'm going to draw my alcohol.

01:37 Do that on the position number one, i wouldn't be able to have any chiral center, so i'll just go ahead and do that on number two.

01:47 Okay, and it looks like i do have the formula, the molecular formula met, and if i were to try to identify whether i have a carol center, i would see that i'm going to have one right here, because i'm connected to my alcohol group on the top, as well as my hydrogen group that i have not drawn in here.

02:05 I'll draw in right there...

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