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Visualizing Metal Tris Chelates: Visualizations to Examine the Structure and Symmetry of Metal Tris Chelates: Symmetry Operations, Chirality, and Mechanisms (Bailar Twist and Rây-Dutt) that Racemize the Δ and Λ Isomers

Marion E. Cass

Department of Chemistry, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057

Henry S. Rzepa

Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom

J. Chem. Educ., 2008, 85 (5), p 750

DOI: 10.1021/ed085p750

Publication Date (Web): May 1, 2008

Abstract

Highlights three animated visualizations—the C2 and C3 symmetry operations in chiral tris chelates, the assignment of absolute configurations in these molecules, and the non-dissociative mechanisms (the Bailar Twist and Rây-Dutt) that interchange Λ and Δ enantiomers.

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Upper-Division Undergraduate

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Inorganic Chemistry

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JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids

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Internet / Web-Based Learning

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Computational Chemistry

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Received: August 03, 2009

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