STEREOCHEMISTRY

INTRODUCTION

OBJECTIVES

GETTING STARTED

STEPS REQUIRED

Investigate the structure of the amino acid alanine.

Identifying chirality.

Describing the configuration of a chiral centre.

Compounds containing more than one stereogenic center.

Compounds that contain stereogenic centers but are achiral.

ADVANCED EXCERCISE

Compounds with quadrivalent chiral atoms other than carbon.

Substituted adamantanes.

Compounds with tervalent chiral atoms.

Chirality due to restricted rotation,

Chirality due to helical shape.

SUMMARY OF KEY CONCEPTS