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084f2db8c6 What happens if two of the groups attached to the central carbon atom are the same? The next diagram shows this possibility. Where the atoms making up the various isomers are joined up in a different order, this is known as structural isomerism. A solution of one enantiomer rotates the plane of polarisation in a clockwise direction. Look first at the carbon atom labelled 2. Structural isomerism is not a form of stereoisomerism, and is dealt with on a separate page. Some real examples of optical isomers Butan-2-ol The asymmetric carbon atom in a compound (the one with four different groups attached) is often shown by a star. In a skeletal diagram of this sort: there is a carbon atom at each junction between bonds in a chain and at the end of each bond (unless there is something else there already - like the -OH group in the example); there are enough hydrogen atoms attached to each carbon to make the total number of bonds on that carbon up to 4. Introducing rings - further complications At the time of writing, one of the UK-based exam boards (Cambridge International - CIE) commonly asked about the number of chiral centres in some very complicated molecules involving rings of carbon atoms.
Look at the structural formula and skeletal formula for butan-2-ol. But it's worth checking to see what is attached to each of them. It therefore isn't a chiral centre. It would be possible to superimpose the original molecule and its mirror image. You can think of the bottom carbon being attached to a hydrogen, an -OH group, and two identical hydrocarbon groups. Note: For a detailed discussion of this, you could have a look at the page on the addition of HCN to aldehydes . That means that it has this particular structure and rotates the plane of polarisation clockwise. This page explains what stereoisomers are and how you recognise the possibility of optical isomers in a molecule.
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