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BMSC 200 Chapter 1 Exam Questions and Answers

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BMSC 200 Chapter 1 Exam Questions
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What grants a configuration - ANSWER-Double Bonds(No freedom of rotation)

Chiral Centre (Substitutent groups are arranged in a specific positioning)

Geometric Isomer - ANSWER-Cis and Trans

Same chemical formula, different arrangement of groups (double bond doesnt move)

Cis?
Trans? - ANSWER-Cis: Groups are on same side of double bond

Trans: Groups are on opposite sides of double bond

Chirality - ANSWER-Four different substituents are attached

Molecule with n chiral carbons will have 2^n stereoisomers

Cannot be superimposed

Achiral - ANSWER-Three or less stereocentres are attached

Can superimpose

Stereoisomer - ANSWER-Cannot superimpose

Differ in configuration at chiral centre

Can be enantiomer or diastereomer

Enantiomer vs Diastereomer? - ANSWER-Enantiomers are two molecules that are
mirror images of each other.

Diastereomers are two molecules that are not mirror images of each other

Racemic mixture - ANSWER-Equal amounts of left and righthanded enantiomers

No optical rotation

What are thr advantages of having polymers? - ANSWER-Simplicity; one type of
reaction for polymetization, a second type of reaction for degradation

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