Chapter 5 Learning Objectives:

1. Be able to define and give an example:  stereochemistry, superimposable, chiral, achiral, chiral carbon, asymmetric carbon, stereoisomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, chirality, optical isomers, plane-polarized light, optical purity, enantiomeric excess, polarimeter,  meso compound, racemic mixture, specific rotation, dextrorotatory, levorotatory, resolution, Cahn-Ingold-Prelog convention.
2. Be able to draw the mirror image of a given molecule and determine whether the two structures are enantiomers or the same compound.
3. Be able to label any asymmetric carbon atoms (chiral carbons) and stereocenters within a given molecule.
4. Be able to classify a molecule as chiral or achiral.
5. Be able to use the Cahn-Ingold-Prelog convention to assign R or S configuration to chiral centers.
6. Be able to name a given chiral compound including the R and S configuration for any chiral center in the molecule.
7. Be able to draw a chiral compound including the R and S configuration for any chiral center in the molecule given a name.
8. Be able to determine if a molecule is optically active.
9. Be able to describe a polarimeter.
10. Be able to determine whether two given structures are enantiomers, diastereomers, same compounds, or conformational isomers.
11. Be able to determine whether two given structures are  meso compounds.
12. Know the similarities and differences in physical properties of enantiomers.
13. Know the similarities and differences in physical properties of diastereomers.
14. Be able to determine the enantiomeric excess and optical purity of a sample given the sample optical rotation and the specific rotation of an optically pure sample.
15. Be able to write the steps needed to resolve a racemic mixture of carboxlic acids.
16. Be able to write the steps needed to resolve a racemic mixture of alcohols.