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Sort the chemical formulas by chiral versus achiral compounds.H3CCl   PCl2BrCH3+   H2C=CBr2   H3CCHBrCH2CH3   CH2Br2   H3CCHClBr   H2C=CHCH3   HPClBrCH3+

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For this problem, we have to sort each chemical formula if they are chiral or achiral:H3CCl   PCl2BrCH3+   H2C=CBr2   H3CCHBrCH2CH3   CH2Br2   H3CCHClBr   H2C=CHCH3   HPClBrCH3+Recall that a stereocenter is an atom that creates stereoisomers after swapping groups. There are two types of stereocenter:Chiral center: an atom with 4 different substituentsTrigonal center: a double bond capable of forming E/Z isomers[readmore]In this matter, we only have to determine the chirality (not the stereocenters). We need to draw each of the formula given and analyze if a chiral center is present.If there are 2 or more chiral center present, then the molecule is considered chiral otherwise, it will be achiralWe only need 1 chiral center in order to have a chiral moleculea. CH3Cl:Following the molecular formula, C appears to be attached to 3 Hs and 1 Cl, recall that C has a bonding preference of 4 (Group 4A element)Notice that C in red contains 3 Hs on it which makes C not a chiral centerHence CH3Cl is achiralb. PCl2BrCH3+Following the molecular formula, P appears to be the central molecule. P can be considered a chiral center if it has a positive charge and contains 4 unique substituents,P appears to have 2 Cls on it so it will not be considered as chiral. C in blue as well has 3 Hs on it.Hence PCl2BrCH3+ is achiralc. H3CCHBrCH2CH3Following the molecular formula, this will have 4 C chain with Br on 2nd C:Notice that blue C has 4 unique substituents on it which makes it a chiral centerHence H3CCHBrCH2CH3 is chirald. H2C=CBr2Following the molecular formula, it appears that we have a double bond between Cs:Since we need C to have 4 substituents, we can't have a chiral center for this moleculeHence H2C=CBr2 is achirale. H3CCHClBrFollowing the molecular formula, the structure will appear as:It appears that the blue C has 4 unique substituents on it (H, Cl and Br) which makes this particular C a chiral centerHence H3CCHClBr is chiralf. H2C=CHCH3 Following the molecular formula, the structure will appear as:It appears that we have an alkene so the red and blue Cs cannot be chiral center. The green C has 3 Hs on it, so it's not a chiral center tooHence H2C=CHCH3 is achiralg. HPClBrCH3+Following the molecular formula, P appears to be the central molecule and C as wellP appears to have 4 unique substituents this means we have a chiral centerHence HPClBrCH3+ is chiral

Problem: Sort the chemical formulas by chiral versus achiral compounds.H3CCl PCl2BrCH3+ H2C=CBr2 H3CCHBrCH2CH3 CH2Br2 H3CCHClBr H2C=CHCH3 HPClBrCH3+

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Problem: Sort the chemical formulas by chiral versus achiral compounds.H3CCl PCl2BrCH3+ H2C=CBr2 H3CCHBrCH2CH3 CH2Br2 H3CCHClBr H2C=CHCH3 HPClBrCH3+

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