Interpretation:
The carbonyl group of each of the eight
Concept Introduction:
Reduction Reaction: The
Example:
Acid Catalyzed Hydration Reaction: The reaction involves breaking of phi bonds between carbon-carbon multiple bonds and addition of alcohol to more substituted position of carbon in the molecule.
First step is the acid donates proton to the
Then, the water is added to the given alkene through acid catalyzed reaction where the water gets added to the carbo cation finally, the removal of one proton from oxonium ion (oxygen with one positive charge) using water results in the formation of product.
Optical activity: molecule or substances that can rotate the plane-polarized light are said to be optically active.
Meso compound are optically inactive, because meso compound is a stereoisomer with an identical or superimposable mirror image.
Plane of symmetry: When structure of the compound can be cut into two equal halves along the plane. Then such plane is called as plane of symmetry.
The stereoisomerism is the arrangement of atoms in molecules whose connectivity remains the same but their arrangement in different in each isomer.
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Essential Organic Chemistry (3rd Edition)
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