CCC Class 5 chirality

____ are organic molecules which rotate the plane of polarization of plane-polarized light.

• optically active

• meso compounds

• chirality

• achiral

• diastereomers

_____ is the reason for "handedness" in molecules; the property of an object that causes it to be nonsuperimposable on its mirror image

• optically active

• meso compounds

• chirality

• achiral

• diastereomers

_____ are stereoisomers that are not mirror images.

• optically active

• meso compounds

• racemates

• achiral

• diastereomers

_____ is an atom in a molecule that is bonded to four different atoms or groups of atoms.

• optically active

• meso compounds

• racemates

• prochirality center

• chirality center

_____ are molecules which contain a plane of symmetry and chirality centers, but are achiral.

• optically active

• meso compounds

• racemates

• prochirality center

• enantiomers

_____ is an sp³-hybridized atom that can become a chirality center by changing one of its attached groups.

• optically active

• meso compounds

• racemates

• prochirality center

• enantiomers

The specific rotation of a compound is denoted by the symbol:

• R

• S

• α

• [α]_D

• S^p

How many chirality centers are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

How many chirality centers are there?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

• 6

How many chirality centers are there?

• 1

• 2

• 0

• 3

• 4