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constitutional isomers - Answer: same formula, different connectivity
stereoisomers - Answer: same formula, different spatial arrangement
enantiomers - Answer: non-superimposable mirror images
diastereomers - Answer: stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other
R configuration - Answer: clockwise
S configuration - Answer: counter clockwise
what functional groups does a peptide bond contain - Answer: amide
what functional groups does a lipid contain - Answer: esters
, what functional groups do amino acids contain? - Answer: aromatic rings
meso compound - Answer: molecule with multiple stereo centers and it is superimposable on
its mirror image
NO2 prefix - Answer: nitro
CH=CH2 prefix - Answer: vinyl
CH2CH=CH2 prefix - Answer: allyl
phenol - Answer:
benzoic acid - Answer:
aniline - Answer:
toluene - Answer:
three types of disubstituted benzenes - Answer: ortho-1,2
meta-1,3
para-1,4
only use when you have ONLY 2 substituents