Fun With Chirality

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I am comfortable with chirality but there is one nagging issue for me. Lets say you have a structure like this with 2 chiral centers but different attachments at the top and bottom when comparing both compounds:

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Would you assign "R" & "S" like normal, or do you have to fix one of the compounds so that each has the same attachments at the top and bottom. I hope what i'm asking is clear lol. Based on how I assigned R & S, these look like Diastereomers.

-Thanks!

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I am comfortable with chirality but there is one nagging issue for me. Lets say you have a structure like this with 2 chiral centers but different attachments at the top and bottom when comparing both compounds:

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Would you assign "R" & "S" like normal, or do you have to fix one of the compounds so that each has the same attachments at the top and bottom. I hope what i'm asking is clear lol. Based on how I assigned R & S, these look like Diastereomers.

-Thanks!

Yes, that's right! Diastereomers
 
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