Learning outcomes - after studying this topic, you should be able to:

• identify stereogenic centres in organic molecules
• distinguish between different types of isomers, including enantiomers and diastereoisomers
• use (R)- and (S)- descriptors to describe enantiomers and identify if a compound has (R)- or (S)- stereochemistry
• predict the stereochemistry of compounds with two stereogenic centres
• appreciate the role of chirality in nature and drug design

• Chapter 17 (in )

Structural organic chemistry Contributed by Adam Bridgeman