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Chemistry · L4 · Is This Carbon a Chiral Centre?

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A decision flowchart for testing whether a carbon atom is a stereocentre: are all four attached groups different?

by @openstemUpdated Chemistry
Look at one carbonin the moleculeDoes it have4 different groupsattached?Not a chiral centre(achiral carbon)Chiral (stereo)centreMolecule is non-superimposableon its mirror imageTwo enantiomers exist(R and S forms)No — two or more groups are identicalYes — all 4 substituents differ

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