Problem #9: Click the mouse on each of the chiral carbons in the molecule shown below. Click the Help button for a short review on the requirements for chirality in organic molecules.


If you would like to know the total number of stereocenters in the molecule, click and hold the mouse button on the box below.













































There are two chiral centers in this molecule;  the carbon #2 is bonded to a hydrogen, a methyl group, a bromine, and the 1-chloropropyl group.  Carbon #3 is likewise bonded to a hydrogen, an ethyl group, a chlorine, and the 1-chloroethyl group.