Organic Chemistry As a Second Language, 3e: First Semester Topics

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Chapter 7 - Configurations - 7.5 Diastereomers - Problems - Page 155: 7.68

Answer

These structures are enantiomers.

Work Step by Step

If we exchange each wedge with a dash, and vice versa, in the first structure, we will get exactly the second compound, which means that they are enantiomers. **This is the same thing as putting a mirror beside them. You can also analyze each stereocenter and see that they are opposite for each chair.
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