Question
Question: In the following monobromination reaction, the number of possible chiral products is: . Each Br formed has the ability to remove an H from ethane. When Br removes an H along with one of the electrons in the C-H bond. H-Br forms and leaves behind a reactive molecular fragment (CH3-CH2) called as an ethyl radical.
The different chiral products which can be formed from the reaction are :
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Thus there are five chiral products along with two achiral products.
**Hence the total no. of chiral products are 5.
Note:**
The carbon connected to the bromine turned into a chiral center during the reaction and it is the only chiral center of the molecule. the diastereomers in the halogenation of chiral substrates may not be formed in equal amounts.