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Prochirality

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if the priorities increase in anti-clockwise order; note that the designation of the resulting chiral center as
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pointed out that when a symmetrical molecule is placed in an asymmetric environment, such as the surface of an
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if, when looking at that face, the substituents at the trigonal atom are arranged in increasing
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sp-hybridized atom can be converted to a chiral center when a substituent is added to the
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The concept of prochirality is necessary for understanding some aspects of enzyme
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chirality center at the original sp-hybridized atom, and analogously for the
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Ability of an achiral molecule to be made chiral in one step
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molecules are those that can be converted from achiral to
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priority order (1 to 2 to 3) in a clockwise order, and
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Index

Prochiral

carbon
stereochemistry
chiral
step
substituents
sp
atom
trigonal planar
Latin
Cahn-Ingold-Prelog
stereospecificity
Alexander Ogston
enzyme
citrate
tricarboxylate cycle
John McMurry
Organic Chemistry
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IUPAC
Compendium of Chemical Terminology
prochirality
doi
10.1351/goldbook.P04859
ISBN
9781891389313
IUPAC

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