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1.
Which of the following is the definition of chirality?
2.
Which of the following statements is true?
3.
Which of the following structures is different from the other three?
a. 1
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b. 4
c. 3
d. 2
4.
Which of the following compounds is/are chiral?
a. only 1 and 2
b. only 2 and 3
c. only 1
d. 1, 2 and 3
5.
Which of the following have the S configuration?
a. 1, 2 and 3
b. only 1
c. only 1 and 2
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d. only 2
6.
Which of the following have the R configuration?
a. only 1
b. 1, 2 and 3
c. only 1 and 2
d. only 2
7.
Which of the following is the definition of a pair of diastereomers?
8.
How many stereoisomers of 3-bromo-2-butanol, CH3CH(OH)CHBrCH3, exist?
a. 1
b. 3
c. 4
d. 2
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9.
How many stereoisomers of 2,3-butanediol, CH3CH(OH)CH(OH)CH3, exist?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 1
10.
Which of the following structures represent the same stereoisomer?
a. only 1 and 3
b. only 1 and 2
c. 1, 2 and 3
d. only 2 and 3
11.
Which of the following is the definition of a meso compound?
12.
Which of the following statements regarding optical rotation is not true?
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13.
Which of the following statements is not true regarding pairs of enantiomers?
14.
Which of the following compounds is a meso compound?
a. (2R,3S)-dibromobutane
b. (2R,3R)-dibromobutane
c. (2R,3S)-3-bromo-2-butanol
d. (2R,3R)-3-bromo-2-butanol
15.
Which of the following Fischer projections is different from the other three?
a. 1
b. 4
c. 3
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d. 2
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