Answer to Question #92874 in Organic Chemistry for ROLAND

Question

3(a). In one sentence, comment on the physical and chemical properties of (D) 2-bromo butan-2-ol and (L) 2-bromo butan-2-ol
(b). How many isomers are possible for the compound 4-bromo 7-chloro 4-hydroxy 2,6 dimethyl-heptanoic acid.

Answer 1

a) In a symmetric environment they have identical chemical and physical properties, because this substances are enantiomers, except for their ability to rotate plane-polarized light(+/−) by equal amounts but in opposite directions, but they have different chemical reactions with other enantiomer substances.

b) There are 8 stereoisomers and more than 10000 structural isomers possible.