Answer to Question #253177 in Organic Chemistry for Tracey

Question

2. For an organic molecule to be chiral, it must have a chiral carbon, i.e., a carbon with four different substituents. Draw the structural formulas of the following molecules indicating which (if any) carbons are chiral:

a. Ethanol

b. Lactic Acid

c. Alanine

d. Chlorocyclohexane

e. 2-Bromochlorocyclohexane

f. meta-Dichlorobenzene

g. 2-Bromobutane

h. 3-ChloropentanE

i. 2-Bromo-3-chloropentane

j. 1-Chloro-2-bromo-3-heptanol

Answer 1

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