What is the configuration of the central C atom in the following molecule and how to determine it?
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What configuration? There is none. You have two identical substituents. – Ivan Neretin Nov 26 '15 at 15:04
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But there is no mirror plane passing through the center of the molecule? – EJC Nov 26 '15 at 15:05
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2See this earlier answer – ron Nov 26 '15 at 15:08
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No mirror plane, so what? Can you build another molecule that would have similar side arms (both R), but be different from this one in the central atom's stereo configuration alone? – Ivan Neretin Nov 26 '15 at 15:13
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1I see. It is chirotopic. – EJC Nov 26 '15 at 15:15