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**Understanding Isomers: Analyzing Molecular Relationships**

Use your understanding of isomers to determine the relationship between the two molecules below.

**Molecule Structures:**

1. **First Molecule (Left)**
   - 2D structure with a central carbon bonded to four different groups: fluorine (F), bromine (Br), hydrogen (H), and an ethyl group (CH₂CH₃).
   - Presented in a cross-like arrangement with an ethyl group at the bottom.

2. **Second Molecule (Right)**
   - 3D perspective with a central carbon also bonded to fluorine (F), bromine (Br), chlorine (Cl), and an extended chain.
   - Shown with wedge-and-dash bonds to indicate the spatial arrangement of atoms:
     - Bromine (Br) and fluorine (F) are represented with solid and wedged lines, showing them coming out of the plane.
     - Chlorine (Cl) is shown going into the plane with dashed lines.

**Options for Determining Molecular Relationship:**

- ○ identical
- ○ meso compound
- ● a pair of diastereomers
- ○ structural isomers
- ○ a pair of enantiomers

**Explanation:**

The correct choice is "a pair of diastereomers." Diastereomers are stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other and not identical, differing in configuration at one or more (but not all) chiral centers. This distinguishes these molecules as having different spatial arrangements but similar connections of atoms, excluding them from being merely structural isomers or enantiomers.
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Transcribed Image Text:**Understanding Isomers: Analyzing Molecular Relationships** Use your understanding of isomers to determine the relationship between the two molecules below. **Molecule Structures:** 1. **First Molecule (Left)** - 2D structure with a central carbon bonded to four different groups: fluorine (F), bromine (Br), hydrogen (H), and an ethyl group (CH₂CH₃). - Presented in a cross-like arrangement with an ethyl group at the bottom. 2. **Second Molecule (Right)** - 3D perspective with a central carbon also bonded to fluorine (F), bromine (Br), chlorine (Cl), and an extended chain. - Shown with wedge-and-dash bonds to indicate the spatial arrangement of atoms: - Bromine (Br) and fluorine (F) are represented with solid and wedged lines, showing them coming out of the plane. - Chlorine (Cl) is shown going into the plane with dashed lines. **Options for Determining Molecular Relationship:** - ○ identical - ○ meso compound - ● a pair of diastereomers - ○ structural isomers - ○ a pair of enantiomers **Explanation:** The correct choice is "a pair of diastereomers." Diastereomers are stereoisomers that are not mirror images of each other and not identical, differing in configuration at one or more (but not all) chiral centers. This distinguishes these molecules as having different spatial arrangements but similar connections of atoms, excluding them from being merely structural isomers or enantiomers.
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