Question

chirality

Answer 1

@abb0t

Answer 2

I don't see any chirality

Answer 3

This is drawn using fishcher projection. Are you aware of this?

Answer 4

yeh

Answer 5

the alcohol groups means that they point OUT at you.

Answer 6

when drawn in fischer projection.

Answer 7

Does tthat kind of make sense?

Answer 8

yeah

Answer 9

horizontal lines = points out at you
vertical line is coming behind the plane of the page. there we go.

Answer 10

I think
so it would be better to redraw from fisher to hawthorne first?

Answer 11

Haworth

Answer 12

stupid autocorrect

Answer 13

uh, haworth is for rings, is it not?
i think you mean, bond line. as a long chain.

Answer 14

that too, bond line

Answer 15

then I gotta learn fisher projection first before I can spot chirality?

Answer 16

well, fischer projection is used to represent stereochemistry.