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When an organic compound is chiral does it automatically have a stereoisomer that's an enantiomer? Does a molecule have to have 4 different groups attached to carbon to be an enantiomer? How do I find out how many structural isomers a molecule has?? How do I easily distinguish the different types of isomers really quickly without having to make a model (especially enantiomers...)? Finals are next week and I can't possibly bring a model kit ...

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Stereoisomerism: A Model Exercise

In this experiment you will construct models with your molecular model set that illustrate the concepts of chirality, chiral center (stereogenic center, asymmetric carbon atom), enantiomers, diastereomers, and meso forms. You will also learn about two conventions, R-S and Fischer, for designating the configurations of chiral molecules.

You will be asked several questions related to each construction exercise. Record the answers and then when you have finished all of the exercises, take the assessment listed in this folder. The questions will be repeated so that you can submit your answers electronically for grading.

Chiral centers

Procedure: Construct a model* in which a tetrahedral (sp 3) carbon atom (black) has four different model atoms attached to it. Use the light blue ball, red, blue and, green polyhedrons to represent four different atoms or groups attached to the central atom (black).

1. Does the model have a plane of symmetry?

a. Yes

b. No

A carbon atom that has four different groups attached to it is a chiral center, or an asymmetric carbon atom. The carbon marked with a # in 3-methylhexane is a chiral center.

2. What groups are attached to the chiral center in 3-methylhexane?

a. Hydrogen

b. Methyl

c. Ethyl

d. n-propyl

e. n-butyl

Replace the green atom (or group) in your model with a second red atom. Now two of the groups attached to the carbon atom are identical:

3. Does the model now have a plane of symmetry?

a. Yes

b. No

4. ï¿½ï¿½ Describe it.

a. Plane through the light blue ball, black polyhedron and blue polyhedron

b. Plane through a red polyhedron, black polyhedron and blue polyhedron

c. Plane through the light blue ball, black polyhedron and red polyhedron

d. Plane through a red polyhedron, black polyhedron and red polyhedron

Draw structural formulas for the following compounds, and mark any chiral centers (asymmetric carbons) with an asterisk:

l-bromobutane, 2- bromobutane, 1,2-dibromobutane,

1,3-dibromobutane, l, 4-dibromobutane, 2,3-dibromobutane.

5. Which of the compounds contain chiral centers?

a. 1-bromobutane

b. 2-bromobutane

c. 1,2-dibromobutane

d. 1,3-dibromobutane

e. 1,4-dibromobutane

f. 2,3-dibromobutane

Chirality and Enantiomers

A center of chirality (from the Greek cheir, hand) imparts the property of handedness to a molecule. In this part of the experiment, the left- or right- handedness of molecules with a chiral center will be illustrated with models.

A molecule is said to be chiral (that is, to have the property of handedness) if its mirror image is not superimposable. The mirror image of a left hand, for example, is a right hand. A molecule that is achiral has a mirror image that is superimposible. We shall see that any molecule with a plane of symmetry is achiral.

Procedure: Reconstruct the original model (carbon (black) with light blue ball, red, blue and, green polyhedrons attached). Set the model on the desktop so that the substituent light blue ball atom points toward the ceiling.

Looking down on the model and proceeding clockwise from the green atom, record the colors of the three atoms that rest on the desktop.

Now construct a second model that is the mirror image of the first, and place it on the desktop with the light blue ball atom up:

6. In which direction, clockwise or counterclockwise, must you proceed in order to list the same sequence of colors of the three atoms resting on the desk's surface?

a. Clockwise

b. Counterclockwise

Try to superimpose the two models.

7. The models are

a. Superimposable

b. Not superimposable

The two models that you have just constructed represent chiral molecules- they lack a plane of symmetry and have mirror images that are notsuperimposable. Two substances, the molecular structures of which are related as an object and its nonsuperimposable mirror image are called enantiomers. They differ from each other only in properties that have a direction or "handedness," such as, for example, the direction(clockwise or counterclockwise) in which they rotate a beam of plane-polarized light. Because of this latter property, such substances are sometimes called optical isomers. They are optically active.

Now we will examine the consequence of having at least two identical atoms or groups attached to a tetrahedral carbon atom.

Replace the green atom in each model with a red atom, so that each model has two identical groups attached to the central carbon atom:

8. Are the models still mirror images?

a. Yes

b. No

9. Does either of the models have a plane of symmetry?

a. Yes

b. No

10. Are the models superimposable?

a. Yes

b. No

11. Do the models represent identical molecules or different molecules?

a. Identical

b. Different

Place each model on the desk so that the light blue ball substituent points up.

12. To define the same sequence of colors for the three atoms resting on the desk top, must you proceed

a. Clockwise

b. Counterclockwise

c. Either way

13. Are the models chiral (handed)?

a. Yes

b. No

The models you have just studied represent achiral molecules. Their mirror images are identical. They are optically inactive. Any molecule that has a plane of symmetry is achiral.

Diastereomers and Meso Forms

For any molecule that has two or more chiral centers, it is possible to have stereoisomers that are not mirror images. Stereoisomers that are not related as enantiomers are diastereomers. Diastereomers differ in all properties, chiral and achiral.

Procedure: Construct a model with four different groups (light blue ball, blue, red, and green) attached to a central carbon atom (black). Construct another model identical to the first. (Be sure they are identical by making sure the models are superimposable.) Now remove the green substituent from each model and connect the two carbon atoms with a bond. Use this model with the two stereogenic centers for the next series of questions (14 -26).

14. How many chiral centers (asymmetric carbons) does this model have?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

e. 5

Note that there are four different groups attached to each chiral center and that each chiral center has the same four groups attached.

15. Does the model have a plane of symmetry in any of its conformations?

a. Yes

b. No

Construct the mirror image of the first model.

16. Is the mirror image identical to or different from the first model?

a. Identical

b. Different

17. What term describes the two models?

a. Enantiomer

b. Diastereomer

18. Is each model chiral or achiral?

a. Chiral

b. Achiral

Now interchange a red and blue atom on the same carbon in one of the models.

19. Are the models identical or different now?

a. Identical

b. Different

20. Are they mirror images (enantiomers)?

a. Yes

b. No

21. Are they stereoisomers?

a. Yes

b. No

22. What term describes the two models?

a. Enantiomer

b. Diastereomer

Carefully examine the conformations of the model in which you interchanged the red and blue atoms.

23. Does the model have a conformation with a plane of symmetry?

a. Yes

b. No

24. Would the mirror image of this model be identical (superimposable) or different from the model itself?

a. Identical

b. Different

Verify your prediction by constructing the mirror-image model.

25. This model is

a. Chiral

b. Achiral

26. Would a molecule corresponding to this model be optically active?

a. Yes

b. No

The last model studied here represents a meso form. The model possesses two chiral centers, but they are of equal and opposite chirality. This situation arises when a molecule has two identical chiral centers. Because the molecule has a readily accessible conformation with a plane of symmetry, it is achiral and optically inactive.

Tartaric acid is a molecule that corresponds to the models constructed in this section of the experiment.

Tartaric Acid

It exists in three forms; two are optically active enantiomers, and the third is an optically inactive meso form that is a diastereomer of the optically active forms. ,

27. Draw Newman projection formulas (looking at the bond between C-2 and C-3) for the three tartaric acids. Label pairs of enantiomers and diastereomers, as well as the meso form.

When a molecule has two different chiral centers, it may exist in four optically active forms (two pairs of enantiomers). To illustrate this with the models you just used, replace one of the colored atoms on one of the carbon atoms with a black atom. There are now four distinct ways of constructing the models: two pairs of enantiomers. Construct the two pairs of enantiomers.

28. What name is given to a pair of molecules consisting of one molecule from each of the two pairs of enantiomers you just constructed?

a. Enantiomers

b. Diastereomers

c. Meso forms

The R-S Convention

The letter R (from rectus, right) or S (from sinister, left) is used to designate the configuration at a chiral center. The four atoms or groups attached to the chiral center are arranged in a priority order according to atomic number: the higher the atomic number, the higher the priority. If two atoms have the same atomic number, we move to the next atoms out from the chiral center, or even further, until we observe a difference in atomic number. We then view the molecule from the side opposite the group with the lowest priority. If the remaining three groups in order from highest to lowest priority form a clockwise array, the configuration is R; if they form a counterclockwise array, the configuration is S.

Procedure: Construct a model of 2-chlorobutane.

29. Which carbon in the chain is a chiral center?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

There are four groups attached to this chiral center

30. Which group has the highest priority?

a. Cl

b. Methyl

c. Ethyl

d. H

31. Which group has the lowest priority?

a. Cl

b. Methyl

c. Ethyl

d. H

32. What is the priority order of the other two groups?

a. Ethyl > Methyl

b. Methyl> Ethyl

Set the model on the desktop so that it can be viewed from the side opposite the hydrogen. Put the chlorine atom at the top.

33. When viewing the model, the three remaining groups in priority- order sequence form a

a. Clockwise array and the model has a R configuration.

b. Counterclockwise array and the model has a R configuration.

c. Clockwise array and the model has a S configuration.

d. Counterclockwise array and the model has a S configuration.

Interchange any two groups attached to the chiral center.

34. What configuration does the model have now?

a. The same as before.

b. The opposite configuration.

Note that to change configuration we must disconnect and remake bonds, whereas we can change conformation by rotating groups around single bonds.

Fischer Projection Formulas

It is sometimes convenient to have a two-dimensional representation for three-dimensional molecules, particularly when we are studying stereoisomerism. One common convention, devised by the German organic chemist Emil Fischer and named after him, is described in this section

Procedure: Construct a model of an asymmetric carbon atom [with a black, a blue, a green, and a red ball attached] that corresponds to the following three-dimensional drawing:

Set the model on the desk as shown. With your left hand, tip the model to the left so that only the red and green balls rest on the table. Viewed from the top, the black and blue balls project toward you (left and right, respectively).

The convention for Fischer projection formulas is as follows: The asymmetric carbon lies in the plane of the page or paper, horizontal groups come out of the plane of the paper toward the viewer, and vertical groups recede behind the paper away from the viewer.

Save the model you have just constructed for comparison with other models that you will construct.

Let us first consider the effect of interchanging any two groups in a Fischer projection formula. Your model corresponds to formula A below:

Consider formula A', with groups blue and green interchanged. Construct a model corresponding to A'.

35. Is A' identical to A, or is it the enantiomer of A?

a. Identical

b. Enantiomer

Now construct a model corresponding to A" (like A, but with green and red interchanged).

36. Is A" identical to A, or is it the enantiomer of A?

a. Identical

b. Enantiomer

37. What generalization can you make about the interchange of any two groups in a Fischer projection formula?

a. The new molecule is an enantiomer of the first.

b. The molecule is identical to the first.

38. If you were to make an even number of group interchanges in a Fischer projection formula, would you obtain the original molecule or its enantiomer?

a. Original molecule

b. Enantiomer of the original model

39. Do the following Fischer projections represent the same molecule or enantiomers?

a. Same molecule

b. Enantiomers

Rotation of a Fischer projection formula in the plane of the paper also affects the structure it represents.

Consider formula B, which corresponds to the Fischer projection formula of A rotated 90Â° clockwise in the plane of the paper. Build a model of formula B. (Remember Fischer Projection Formulas are two dimensional diagrams written on paper of three dimensional molecules.)

40. What minimum number of group interchanges in the model are necessary to convert formula B back to formula A?

a. Zero

b. One

c. Two

d. Three

41. Is model B identical to model A, or is it the enantiomer of model A?

a. Identical

b. Enantiomer

Formula C results from a 90Â° counterclockwise rotation in the plane of the paper of the Fischer projection formula of A. Build a model of formula C.

42. Is model C identical to model A, or is it the enantiomer of A?

a. Identical

b. Enantiomer

Formula D results from a 180Â° rotation in the plane of the paper of the Fischer projection formula A . Build a model of formula D.

43. What minimum number of group interchanges are necessary to convert model D back to model A?

a. Zero

b. One

c. Two

d. Three

44. Is model D identical to model A, or is it the enantiomer of A?

a. Identical

b. Enantiomer

45. What generalization can you make about the rotation of a Fischer projection formula in the plane of the paper?

a. 90Â° rotation results in an enantiomer, 180Â° rotation results in the identical molecule.

b. 180Â° rotation results in an enantiomer, 90Â° rotation results in the identical molecule.

questions 12-21

STEREOISOMERISM WITH MOLECULAR MODELS models regularly in your courve to view three-dimenstional structures as an aid to predicning behavior and reactivity. This exercise is dexigned to familiarize you wih stereaisomerism.As you build the madlels insdractor for credit befare leaving Your instractor may provide a key below, questians are posed that you should answer in your notebook You will need to show your work to your Enantiomers and Diastereomers Review the definitions of chirality center, enantioners, diastercomers, meso, and the symmetry elements (plane, axis, and center of symmetry). A chiral molecule cannot have a plane of symmetry, a cester of symmetry or an axis of symmetry greater than two-fold (i.e, mo less than 180Â° rotation). Leaming to recognize these clements, or the lack of them, is a skill best developed with models 1. Build a model of a tetrabedral carbon with three iferent grours atachod. (For consistency with thesc instructions use black, red, and two green atoms for these groups and use bonds of all the same length.) What elements of symmetry does this model have? 2. Is this model chiral 3. Build a second model that is a miror image of the first Compare the models; are these models superimposable? . If these models were actual molecules, how would you descrihe the relatiorship between them? S. Replace one green atom on each model with a blue atom such that they are mitror images of each other. What elements of symmetry do the models have 6. Are the models saperimposable? 7. Are the models chiral? 8. How would you describe the relaionship between molecules represented by these models? 9. Use the two models you have already built for this exercise. Exchange the pasitions of the green and blue aboms on on of the models so that the two models are now ideutical (superimposabile) Remove lbe black substituent from each model and join, with a single bond, the two carbons that still ave three substituents on each. How many chirality ceaters does this model have? 10. What elements of symmctry does this model bave? 11. Is the molecule chiral? 12. Construct a mirror imnge of the last model made and then cormpare the two models. Are the models 13. If these models were actual molecules, bow would you describe the relaionship between them? 14. Can one enantiomer be chiral and the other achiral? Why or why not? 15. Take gnc of the two models you have alrcady built. Switch the positions of the green and hlue substitvents that are attached to the saue carbou;, leave the other carbon unxbainged Now compare the two modcls again. Are the models still stcreoisomers? 16. Are they mirror images? 17. If these models were actual molecules, how would you describe the relationship between theu? 18. Now focus on the one model whnse substituents you switched. Does this model have any chirality centers How many? 19. What elements of symmetry does this model have? 20. Is this model chiral? Explain why or why not. 21. Draw a dash-wedge reprscntation of this model in both an clipsed and a staggered conformation, as shawn. Assume that red oxygen, green chlorine, blue nitrogen, and black cabon. Identity any chiral centers with an astcrisk. Rank the substituents on each chirality cente and assion each chirality center its correct sbsolute configuration (R or S) Staggered Organic Chemistry Leb Masual Harper College, Fall 2010 Eclipsed

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