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Organic Chemistry 9th Edition

Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)

Book Edition9th Edition
Author(s)McMurry
ISBN9781305080485
PublisherCengage Learning
SubjectChemistry
Section 5-2: The Reason for Handedness in Molecules: Chirality
Section 5-3: Optical Activity
Section 5-5: Sequence Rules for Specifying Configuration
Section 5-6: Diastereomers
Section 5-7: Meso Compounds
Section 5-8: Racemic Mixtures and the Resolution of Enantiomers
Section 5-9: A Review of Isomerism
Chapter 5, Section 5-2, PROBLEM, Exercise 5-1
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Which of the following objects are chiral?

  • a.

    Soda can

  • b.

    Screwdriver

  • c.

    Screw

  • d.

    Shoe

Explanation

a. Soda can:

In order to find the chirality of the given example, check if the mirror images are not superimposable. For achiral objects, the mirror images are superimposable. Also, objects having a plane of symmetry are achiral.

In the case of soda can, the mirror images are superimposable, and it has a plane of symmetry. Therefore, it is achiral.

 

b. Screw driver:

In the case of screw driver, the mirror images are superimposable, and it has a plane of symmetry. Therefore, it is achiral.

 

c. Screw:

In the case of screw, the mirror images are not superimposable. It does have a plane of symmetry. A screw has a thread which twists in one direction (right), also the thread twists in another direction (left). Therefore, it is chiral.

 

d. Shoe:

In the case of shoe, the mirror images are not superimposable. It does not have a plane of symmetry. Therefore, it is chiral.

 

 

 

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Answer

Screw and shoe are chiral.

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