Practice determining whether a structure is chiral or achiral by generating its mirror image and attempting to superimpose the two structures.
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@pendasarr60506 жыл бұрын
I watched 4 others videos with other people, and you explained it the best. Thanks so much. I couldn't figured out how to turn them in space until now.
@fh19653 жыл бұрын
thank you soooo much for this!!! This is the best video so far I have found on understanding chirality!!!
@gabbyh.42536 ай бұрын
Oh wow this helped so much, I’ve watched so many videos on this topic and this is the one I fully understand thanks sm
@mevansthechemist6 ай бұрын
Wonderful! Thanks for watching.
@soulfulguitar23496 жыл бұрын
crystal clear teaching...hats off to u sir
@jessicajane2400 Жыл бұрын
Is the reason why the Benzo with the Isopropyl’s reflection cannot be superimposed on the original molecule bc of the double bonds in the benzo?
@halakorin20225 жыл бұрын
How are you able to tell that the implicit hydrogens are not on a dash or wedge in the second structure?
@anitasrivastava58303 жыл бұрын
Could mirror be made horizontally as well and checking the image accordingly ?
@mevansthechemist3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@arletart98074 жыл бұрын
For the bottom left structure hydrogens are pointing out of the plane so if we rotate it 180 degree and place it on top of each other why wouldn’t it become the same? Hydrogens will still be pointing out
@mevansthechemist4 жыл бұрын
While it's correct that the hydrogens would line up, the double bonds would not. After the 180º rotation, the alkene would be positioned in the bottom-right corner of the mirror image, not the top right.
@onyemachibueze6538 Жыл бұрын
Nice nice nice😊😊😊 Thank you
@tree53353 жыл бұрын
Can we rotate the compound in the same plane to check the chirality?
@mevansthechemist3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! You can rotate the molecule any which way to check chirality. The tricky part is doing this without accidentally changing a configuration.
@tree53353 жыл бұрын
Thank you for clearing my misconceptions
@jetlyvory8 жыл бұрын
superb.. thanks a lot!!
@rollieray71753 жыл бұрын
picture two is chiral if you rotate the image you will see that NH2 is on the bottom and doesnt match up with the other side so it is not achrial!
@aaryannakhat18426 жыл бұрын
What is failsafe method
@victoromisore86505 жыл бұрын
its the same as the mirror method
@mevansthechemist3 жыл бұрын
victor has it right. I call it the "failsafe" method because it's the most robust. Using planes of symmetry, in my experience, is more error prone (but more efficient, particularly once you've built up some experience).