Identify molecule(s) capable of rotating plane polarized light.

Provide the enantiomer using method 2. (Hint: chiral center is circled in red.)

Predict enantiomer for thalidomide compound given below.

2-Aminopropane is an achiral molecule, but 2-aminobutane is chiral. Explain.

Which of the following molecules are chiral? (Hint: Draw each molecule and analyze it as illustrated in Worked Example 14.2.)

a. 3-Chloropentane

b. 2-Chloropentane

c.

Define the following terms:

c. Chiral carbon

Identify the chiral center(s) in each of the following molecules:

a. 2-Methyl-3-pentanol

Which of the alcohols pictured in Problem 14.48 are chiral? Indicate the chiral carbons for those that are chiral.

a.

b.

c. 2,3-Pentanediol

d.

e.

f.