Comments on: On Cats, Part 6: Stereocenters https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 20:39:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Shudhesh Velusamy https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-602031 Mon, 07 Jun 2021 02:12:05 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-602031 These cat anatomy lessons are great, but there some instances where you have incorrectly written ‘stereoisomer’ instead of the correct term ‘stereoisocat’.

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By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-556318 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 03:15:06 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-556318 In reply to Janus.

Yes, there are molecules with axes of symmetry. Allenes are a prominent example. See this post. https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2015/01/13/chiral-allenes-and-chiral-axes/

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By: James Ashenhurst https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-556317 Fri, 14 Jun 2019 03:14:27 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-556317 In reply to Chemistry learner.

Thank you, glad you are finding it helpful.

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By: Chemistry learner https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-524420 Thu, 07 Dec 2017 20:46:02 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-524420 World’s best organic chemistry concept explainer is master organic chemistry.
Thanks a loooottt to master organic chemistry.

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By: James https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-445620 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 05:00:38 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-445620 In reply to Mudit.

Yes, so long as the molecule doesn’t have double bonds that can be E or Z, which is another source of stereochemical difference.

e.g. (R)(E) and (R)(Z) would be diastereomers despite having only one chiral centre.

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By: Mudit https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-352434 Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:36:25 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-352434 I think I got this, but I have a question. Am I right in saying that if a molecule has only one chiral center, it cannot have a diastereomer (since the same configuration at the chiral center means it would be the same molecule)?

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By: Janus https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-96667 Thu, 15 May 2014 18:57:25 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-96667 My question: Is it possible for a compound to have no point chirality but the compound turns out to be optically active? Take allenes for instance

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By: ZiggyTheBiot https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-3598 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:05:55 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-3598 Just want to point out that in the text right before the image, C1 is connected to CF3, not CT3, and C2 is connected to F,F,F, rather than T,T,T, unless freaky sawhorse cat is freakier than previously expected.

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By: Crystallinity https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-638 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 09:01:59 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-638 I love these isocats! I will refer my students here next year when they learn stereochemistry. LOVE isocats.

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By: tim https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/2010/12/15/on-cats-part-6-stereocenters/#comment-637 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:53:04 +0000 https://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/?p=1195#comment-637 Congrats on the coverage in Chemical and Engineering News!

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