frankenstein18 Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 In Sn1 reactions with asymmetric centers, the products are supposed to be enantiomers in the reaction in the image (which you can hopefully see. if not its a cyclopentane with a Ph and a Me attached on carbon one, the Ph is toward the front and the Me is toward the back, and the same thing is happening on Carbon 3) the products formed when it reacts with Iodine are not enantiomers, right? how can that be possible if there are assymetric centers how are they not enantiomers? I think they are but my professor said they weren't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypervalent_iodine Posted November 15, 2015 Share Posted November 15, 2015 They're diastereomers. Enantiomers are if all the stereocentres have changed and in this case, you're only affecting 1/2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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