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Q. How many chiral carbon atoms are present in 2,3, 4-trichloropentane?

MGIMS WardhaMGIMS Wardha 2008

Solution:

The structure of 2, 3, 4-trichloropentane is $ H-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ H \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix} H \\ | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ Cl \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix} H \\ | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{C}^{*}}}}}\,-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ Cl \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix} H \\ | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ Cl \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix} H \\ | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{{{C}^{*}}}}}\,-\underset{\begin{smallmatrix} | \\ H \end{smallmatrix}}{\overset{\begin{smallmatrix} H \\ | \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C}}}\,-H $ Hence, two chiral carbon atoms are present in 2, 3, 4-trichloropentane.