Heptalene has two fused 7-membered rings and is not flat. Its twisted structure makes it chiral, but heptalene itself cannot be resolved because the two forms rapidly interconvert
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1@ vivek check out the structure of heptalene on wiki no sp3 carbon so which carbon is chiral???
71That's not a problem. Explain what is meant by resolution?
Does that mean separation of enatiomeric forms?
106@redion : there are loads of compounds which are chiral despite having NO chiral carbon .
@vivek : yup ur interpretation is correct .. it means that although compound is chiral it cannot be separated into enantiomeric forms due to rapid interconversion between the two chiral compounds
1thank u ashish bhaiya , i had always thought that chirality was alaways associated with sp3 hybrid carbon , but after reading your post and on wiki i've realised that actually any form of asymmetry in the molecule causes it to possess stereoisomers, " Am i correct"??? also can u plz. give any example that " there are loads of compounds which are chiral despite having NO chiral carbon"
71Cummulenes, Spiranes , Biphenyls, Metallocenes, Paracyclohepanes, Perchloro triphenylamine etc.,
