{"id":201649,"date":"2025-03-15T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=201649"},"modified":"2025-03-15T20:39:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T20:39:04","slug":"draw-a-six-carbon-alkyne-that-can-exist-as-diastereomers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/15\/draw-a-six-carbon-alkyne-that-can-exist-as-diastereomers\/","title":{"rendered":"Draw a six-carbon alkyne that can exist as diastereomers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Draw a six-carbon alkyne that can exist as diastereomers. You do not need to specify wedge or dashed bonds. Select Draw Rings More Erase \/ MICH 5 3 2 o<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To have a six-carbon alkyne that can exist as diastereomers, we need:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>A six-carbon structure with a triple bond<\/strong> (an alkyne).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>At least two chiral centers<\/strong> because diastereomers are stereoisomers that are not mirror images (i.e., not enantiomers).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>A structure where stereochemistry leads to non-superimposable, non-mirror image isomers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Example of a Suitable Structure:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3,4-Hexadiyne-2,5-diol<\/strong><br><strong>Structure:<\/strong><br>CH\u2083-C(OH)-C\u2261C-C(OH)-CH\u2083<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>alkyne<\/strong> is at <strong>C3 and C4<\/strong> (hexadiyne).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hydroxyl (-OH) groups at <strong>C2 and C5<\/strong> create <strong>two chiral centers<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The stereochemistry at these chiral centers allows for <strong>diastereomers<\/strong> to exist (e.g., (2R,5R) vs. (2S,5R)).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since diastereomers have <strong>different physical and chemical properties<\/strong>, they are not mirror images but still share the same molecular formula and connectivity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Draw a six-carbon alkyne that can exist as diastereomers. You do not need to specify wedge or dashed bonds. Select Draw Rings More Erase \/ MICH 5 3 2 o The correct answer and explanation is: To have a six-carbon alkyne that can exist as diastereomers, we need: Example of a Suitable Structure: 3,4-Hexadiyne-2,5-diolStructure:CH\u2083-C(OH)-C\u2261C-C(OH)-CH\u2083 Explanation: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}