Question #375f0

1 Answer
Jun 6, 2015

Step 1.

Start by drawing a vertical line of six carbon atoms, with #"C-1"# at the top and a cross at #"C-3"#.

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Step 2. Arbitrarily put an #"H"# on the left side and a #"CH"_3# on the right.

We have a 50 % chance of getting it right.

If it's wrong, we will simply reverse the positions of the #"H"# and the #"CH"_3#.

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Step 3. Assign the configuration.

This is (#S#). We got it right!