Models of the molecules in figure 1.7 and their enantiomers are shown in the table below. Use the models to help you draw a three-dimensional representation of the `new' enantiomer using the same style used for the original enantiomer.
Activity 2 Drawing three dimensional structures
Models of the molecules in figure 1.7 and their enantiomers are
shown in the table below. Use the models to help you draw a three-dimensional
representation of the `new' enantiomer using the same style used
for the original enantiomer.
Figure 1.7
Three chiral organic compounds (1,2-dichloropropane, butan-2-ol
and 2-chloropropanal)
Your drawings should look like mirror images of the original enantiomers.
Compare them with the figure 1.8. Notice that at every chiral
carbon, only one group is drawn as coming out from the paper and
only one group is drawn as receding into the paper. All the carbon
atom and the other two groups are drawn in the plane of the paper.
Figure 1.8
The enantiomers of the compounds shown in figure 1.7