chiral in destroyer

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C on the right is chiral C on the left is chiral

they have double bond, how can it be a chiral?

 

[TheGreenWave]

C on the right is chiral C on the left is chiral

they have double bond, how can it be a chiral?

Thats very strange. As far as I know, none of those carbons are chiral. 😕

 

[gentile1225]

from what i see there are no chiral centers. but what version of the destroyer do you have because i can't find it in mine. whats the question number?

 

[Mstoothlady2012]

may be he is referring to pro-chirality? I always hate that thing! Which # is this?

 

[ak47]

may be he is referring to pro-chirality? I always hate that thing! Which # is this?

wtf is pro-chirality?!?! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Mstoothlady2012]

wtf is pro-chirality?!?! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

a prochiral molecule is a molecule that can be converted from achiral to chiral in a single chemical step. I am not very good at this! I remember we learned a little bit about this in orgo I, but my professor didn't really teach us much about it so I don't really know how to do this problem. If you have McMurry you can find more info on pg 302-303

 

[smile101]

I am using Dr. Romano's organic chm odyssey and his explanation in there is that these kinds of structures are called allenes and they are chiral if you have 2 diff groups bonded to both the carbons at the end. So, if you had two Hs instead of CH3 and H, then it wouldn't be chiral.

 

[prydA]

it is chiral because (i'm going to assume) the -C=C=C- cannot rotate and acts as one stiff molecule... the constituents then all would assume a tetrahedral-like symmetry. not sure though

 

[CannonD]

I assume that the two compound are mirror image-enantiomer, when you rotate the compound on the left you can see that the CH3 group will face into the page whereas the H faces toward the page. Which are opposite to the compound on the right. That's what i think, i hope it helps.