Stereoselectivity: Significance, Types, and Examples
Stereoselectivity is the process in which the formation of one of the stereoisomers is preferred over another during a chemical reaction. In a stereoselective reaction, [...]
Stereoisomerism: Types & their Examples
The molecules which have the same constitution but different arrangements of atoms in three-dimensional space are called stereoisomers and the study of these compounds is [...]
Enantiomers: Nomenclature, Properties, and Resolution
Enantiomers are stereoisomers that cannot be superimposed on their mirror images. Although these molecules have the same connectivities but have different spatial orientations. Louis Pasteur [...]
Meso Compounds: Explanation and Examples
In chemistry, compounds having two or more chiral centers or a plane of symmetry are called meso compounds. They are symmetrical achiral molecules. The term [...]
Stereogenic Center: Identification & Examples
In stereochemistry, when an atom is bonded to three or more different groups and the exchange of two groups led to the formation of new [...]
Racemic Mixture: Explanation and Examples
A racemic mixture is a mixture of two different enantiomers, present in almost equal amounts. In a racemic mixture Dextro (D) and Levo (L) enantiomers [...]
Torsional Strain: Examples and Applications
Torsional strain is the destabilization of a molecule caused by the eclipsing of groups present on the adjacent atoms. It is the difference in the [...]
Cahn Ingold Prelog Priority Rules (with Examples)
Robert Sidney Cahn, Christopher Kelk Ingold, and Vladimir Prelog came up with a system of nomenclature in 1965, that assigned the names to R-S, cis-trans, [...]
E and Z Alkenes: Priority Rules, Stability, and Examples
Among organic compounds, alkenes are one of the most difficult ones to name. This difficulty arises from the 'geometrical isomers' formation ability of alkenes, which [...]
Anomeric Carbon: The alpha-beta Anomerization
Anomeric carbon is the carbonyl carbon (aldehydic or ketonic functional group) of open chain carbohydrates which becomes the stereogenic center upon cyclization. Anomers are the [...]
