oranic chem fischer projection product

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I know you can rule out B and D immediately b/c

B: both the Br's and the Methyl's are on top of each other. no good

D: Is wrong because the methyls on the back are on the wrong carbon, one of them should be an H. and on the front, one of the H's should be a methyl

Now between A and C what I think is (this is just a guess b/c I would have picked C)

with C: you have a methyl and a Br interacting on both sides, and thats not good for stability

Whereas with A: you have only one set of methyl and Br interacting and even though there are two Br's interacting also theyre both small so its not a big deal

Do you have an explanation?
 
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