A2 Optical Isomers & Identifying Chiral Carbons

By end of this lesson, you will be able to:

1. Define Stereoisomers
2. Define a chiral carbon atom and Optical Isomers
3. Identify chiral carbon(s), chiral centre(s), in a molecule
4. Draw Optical Isomers of a molecule (enantiomers)
5. Work out number of optical isomers for a molecule

I have used this self made resource in class and all my learners rated it as very good.

I started by introducing 3 examples, two of which were E/Z isomers (AS Recap)
Then went onto 2 examples (second being interactive) then a worksheet prepared where learners draw 4 enantiomers of a molecule with 2 chiral carbons. Finishing with 3 biological molecules to work ALL the chiral carbons and state how many Stereoisomers each have.

I have prepared a fully animated PPT (editable if required), 3 page Learners HO.