Chemistry 331 - Winter 1996
Elements of Organic Chemistry I

Skills from Chapter 6 - Stereochemistry

• distinguish different types of isomers
• identify chiral molecules and other chiral objects
• identify stereogenic centers
• draw accurate structures representing stereoisomers
• designate R & S configurations
• identify meso compounds
• do simple calculations with optical rotations
• identify all stereoisomers for a given structure
• predict the stereochemistry of products from alkene additions