Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds
Reading & References
- Prelude to Stereoisomerism
- Configurational Isomerism
- The R,S Convention for Designating Stereochemical Configuration
Learning Goals
- Chirality – Definition and physical properties
- Chiral centers (stereocenters)
- Cahn-Ingold-Prelog convention (R and S)
- Enantiomers and diastereomers
- Optical activity
- What causes a compound to be optically active?
- Polarimetry
- Dextrorotatory (+) versus Levorotatory (–) rotations of plane polarized light by the individual enantiomer