Following are stereorepresentations for the four stereoisomers of 3-chloro-2- butanol CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 Н OH Но HO Н Cl Cl H Cl Cl CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 (1) (2) (3) (4) (a) Assign R or S configuration to each chiral center (b) Which compounds are enantiomers? (c) Which compounds are diastereomers? DCoy Le. A te aerved

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Section25.2: Representing Carbohydrate Stereochemistry: Fischer Projections
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(a) assign R or S configuration to each chiral center,

(b) Which compound are enantiomers?

(c) Which compounds are diastereomers? 

Following are stereorepresentations for the four stereoisomers of 3-chloro-2-
butanol
CH3
CH3
CH3
CH3
Н
OH
Но
HO
Н
Cl
Cl
H
Cl
Cl
CH3
CH3
CH3
CH3
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(a) Assign R or S configuration to each chiral center
(b) Which compounds are enantiomers?
(c) Which compounds are diastereomers?
DCoy Le. A te aerved
Transcribed Image Text:Following are stereorepresentations for the four stereoisomers of 3-chloro-2- butanol CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 Н OH Но HO Н Cl Cl H Cl Cl CH3 CH3 CH3 CH3 (1) (2) (3) (4) (a) Assign R or S configuration to each chiral center (b) Which compounds are enantiomers? (c) Which compounds are diastereomers? DCoy Le. A te aerved
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