Concept explainers
(a)
Interpretation: The total number of chiral centres present in the compounds of the given pair has to be stated.
Concept introduction: A center to which four different groups are attached in a tetrahedral geometry and show handedness is called chiral center. The molecule that forms a non-superimposable mirror image is called a chiral molecule.
(b)
Interpretation: The total number of chiral centres present in the compounds of the given pair has to be stated.
Concept introduction: A center to which four different groups are attached in a tetrahedral geometry and show handedness is called chiral center. The molecule that forms a non-superimposable mirror image is called a chiral molecule.
(c)
Interpretation: The total number of chiral centres present in the compounds of the given pair has to be stated.
Concept introduction: A center to which four different groups are attached in a tetrahedral geometry and show handedness is called chiral center. The molecule that forms a non-superimposable mirror image is called a chiral molecule.
(d)
Interpretation: The total number of chiral centres present in the compounds of the given pair has to be stated.
Concept introduction: A center to which four different groups are attached in a tetrahedral geometry and show handedness is called chiral center. The molecule that forms a non-superimposable mirror image is called a chiral molecule.
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