Exam Study Guide Questions & Answers
1.-al
-ol or hydroxy-
-one
-oic acid
-oate
-ether or alkoxy-
Iodo- or Bromo-
etc.
-amide
Amino- or -amine
ANS Aldehyde Alcohol
Ketone
Carboxylic
acid Ester
Ether
Alkyl
halides
Amide
Amine
2.Constitutional Isomer
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, ANS A compound with the same atoms but different atoms bonded to
each other
3.Stereoisomers
ANS Molecules with the same atoms differing only in 3D configuration
4.Enantiomers
ANS Stereoisomers with exactly opposite stereochemical designations
at all stereogenic carbons
5.Diasteriomers
ANS Stereoisomers with several changes in the stereochemical des-
ignations of stereogenic carbons (not completely opposite)
6.R
ANS Clockwise
7.S
ANS Counterclockwise
8.cis
ANS Same
9.trans
ANS Different
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