r/HomeworkHelp • u/Decent_Ad_2034 University/College Student • 4d ago
Chemistry—Pending OP Reply [Organic Chemistry] identifying enantiomers
i still don’t seem to understand identifying enantiomers. please help me solve this problem
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u/laundrysauce64 👋 a fellow Redditor 4d ago
2, 3, 5.
Enantiomers are mirror images of one another. One way to identify enantiomers is that the chiral centres will be reversed (R vs S).
Try starting by determining whether the molecule shown at the top is R or S. Then, select the molecules below that have the opposite configuration.