2. Organic Chemistry
Identify chiral carbons (Optical Isomers)
Tip 1: Ignore Cs in double bonds
- they have only 3 neighbours
Tip 2: Ignore “V-shaped Cs”
- they are bonded to 2H (same groups)
3. Organic Chemistry
Identify chiral carbons (Optical Isomers)
Tip 3: Look for Cs that look like:
Tip 4: Draw displayed formula if required.
9. Organic Chemistry
Writing Free Radical Mechanism
Error 4: Wrong halogen.
Under exam conditions, students sometimes use
the wrong halogen (i.e. use Cl2 when qns asks for
Br2)
10. Organic Chemistry
Writing Free Radical Mechanism
Error 4: Wrong halogen.
Under exam conditions, students sometimes use
the wrong halogen (i.e. use Cl2 when qns asks for
Br2)