Construct hand-held models of the 2-butanols represented in Fig. 5.3 and demonstrate for yourself that they are

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Construct hand-held models of the 2-butanols represented in Fig. 5.3 and demonstrate for yourself that they are not mutually superposable. 

(a) Make similar models of 2-bromopropane. Are they superposable? 

(b) Is a molecule of 2-bromopropane chiral?

(c) Would you expect to find enantiomeric forms of 2-bromopropane?


Fig. 5.3 


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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118875766

12th Edition

Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle, Scott A. Snyder

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