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Instructions: Match each definition to a term from the choices below

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Responses:

Are stereoisomers that are not mirror images.

enantiomers or optically active

Is an atom in a molecule that is bonded to four different atoms or groups of atoms.

racemates

Are designated either (±) or d,l.

diastereomers

Are molecules which contain both chirality centers and a plane of symmetry.

chirality center

Describes organic molecules which rotate plane-polarized light.

meso compounds

Describes an sp3-hybridized atom that can become a chirality center by changing one of its attached groups.

prochirality center

Premises:

Are stereoisomers that are not mirror images.

Is an atom in a molecule that is bonded to four different atoms or groups of atoms.

Are designated either (±) or d,l.

Are molecules which contain both chirality centers and a plane of symmetry.

Describes organic molecules which rotate plane-polarized light.

Describes an sp3-hybridized atom that can become a chirality center by changing one of its attached groups.

Responses:

enantiomers or optically active

racemates

diastereomers

chirality center

meso compounds

prochirality center

Correct Answer:

Premises:

Responses:

Are stereoisomers that are not mirror images.

Is an atom in a molecule that is bonded to four different atoms or groups of atoms.

Are designated either (±) or d,l.

Are molecules which contain both chirality centers and a plane of symmetry.

Describes organic molecules which rotate plane-polarized light.

Describes an sp3-hybridized atom that can become a chirality center by changing one of its attached groups.