Chem 1120 Quiz 6 Key

Instructions: This quiz is open-book. You may use any book, magazine, or other printed or web-based materials you feel are helpful. You may discuss this quiz with other members of this immediate class and section. You may not discuss, receive help on, or work on this quiz with tutors, friends, family members, or any one outside of class without my explicit permission. Violation of this stipulation is academic misconduct and is grounds for dismissal from class. You must work the quiz in its entirety by yourself before meeting in groups to compile a group quiz. I will award extra credit (5 pts) to those who work in groups of 2-5 and who submit a group quiz. You must show all your work for full credit, or to receive partial credit if you make a mistake.

  1. (10 pts) The structure of thalidomide is as follows:

    Identify the chiral carbon, and draw the enantiomer of this structure.
  2. (15 pts) Each of the following has two or more chiral carbon atoms. Identify each chiral carbon in each molecule.