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1. Name the following compounds

(consider stereochemistry when
needed)

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Problems
S

a) (2S,3R) and (2R,3R) => diastereomers

b) (2R,3R) and (2S,3S) => enantiomers
c) (2S,3R) and (2R,3S) => enantiomers
d) (2S,3R) and (2S,3R) => same compound

Therefore, a Fischer projection cannot be rotated by 90 or 270 in the plane of the page or the screen, as the orientation of bonds relative to one an
was represented by the original Fischer projection.

2R,3S
meso

2S,3S

2R,3R

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c)
a)

major

d)

b)
major
major