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OKay this is really primitive..but when you have to designate R/S with diastiomers you have to prioritize groups..so in one example I had---ch3, cooh, h, and oh
I thought that the order of priority would be--
1-oh
2-cooh
3-ch3
4-h
but apparently that is wrong. it is really--
1-cooh
2-ch3
3-oh
4-h
Why is that? I thought that you always compare the atomic number of the first atom bound to the asymetric carbon--so oxygen is higher than c and so OH would have higher priority??
please help! thanks🙂
I thought that the order of priority would be--
1-oh
2-cooh
3-ch3
4-h
but apparently that is wrong. it is really--
1-cooh
2-ch3
3-oh
4-h
Why is that? I thought that you always compare the atomic number of the first atom bound to the asymetric carbon--so oxygen is higher than c and so OH would have higher priority??
please help! thanks🙂