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Khan Academy: Stereochemistry

2014-12-23T14:19:00+00:00

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These video resources from the Khan Academy give clear explanations of the difficult concept of stereochemistry.

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England
- A/AS level
Scotland
- Advanced Higher
  - SQA Chemistry
    - Organic chemistry and instrumental analysis
      - Stereochemistry
        Optical isomerism
        Optical isomerism occurs in substances in which four different substituent groups are arranged around a central carbon atom called the chiral centre.
        Stereochemistry
        Stereoisomers are molecules with the same molecular formula but which have a different spatial arrangement of their atoms.
Wales
- A/AS level
  - WJEC Chemistry
    - Unit 4: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND ANALYSIS
      - 4.1 Stereoisomerism
        (a) how stereoisomerism is distinct from structural isomerism and that stereoisomerism encompasses E‒Z isomerism and optical isomerism
        (b) the terms chiral centre, enantiomer, optical activity and racemic mixture
        (c) optical isomerism in terms of an asymmetric carbon atom
        (d) effect of an enantiomer on plane-polarised light
Northern Ireland
- A/AS level
  - CCEA Chemistry
    - Unit A2 1: Further Physical and Organic Chemistry
      - 4.6 Isomerism
        4.6.2 recall that asymmetric (chiral) centres give rise to optical isomers that exist as non-superimposable mirror images;
        4.6.3 draw 3D representations of optical isomers;

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