Write the structures of all possible chiral alcohols with C5H12O??

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Write the structures of all possible chiral alcohols with C5H12O??

So far I have down a primary alcohol...can a secondary, tertiary, benzyllic, allylic alcohol be drawn??

2007-09-27 19:17:01 · 2 answers · asked by Bounded 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry

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Primary alcohols are never chiral. Pentan-3-ol is not chiral, either, and you can't get any of the other sort from this formula - it's saturated.

Pentan-2-ol, 2-methylbutan-2-ol and 3-methylbutan-2-ol are the three chiral alcohols.

2007-09-27 19:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

i try to name them:

pentan-2-ol
pentan-3-ol
2-methylbutan-2-ol
3-methylbutan-2-ol

hmmm any more?

Edit: Gervald is right! pentan-3-ol isn't chiral. *click* brain is on now

2007-09-27 19:28:17 · answer #2 · answered by pyrrol88 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋