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Title: In which of the following families would the strongest organic bases be found?
Post by: tiffannnnyyyyyy on Nov 18, 2019

Question 1

What is the difference between the R/ S designation and d/l designation of chiral compounds?

Question 2

In which of the following families would the strongest organic bases be found?
◦ esters
◦ ethers
◦ amines
◦ alcohols
◦ ketones

Title: In which of the following families would the strongest organic bases be found?
Post by: canderson530 on Nov 18, 2019

Answer 1

The R/S system gives the absolute configuration of a chiral compound according to the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog priority rules. The d/l system describes the direction of rotation of plane polarized light by one enantiomer - d for the dextrorotatory and l for the levorotatory isomer.

Answer 2

amines