Taxol answers
Answers to Taxol questions 1. 2. (a) The phenyl group and the hydroxyl group lie on opposite sides of the plane (in the enantiomer shown in the question the phenyl group is above the plane and the hydroxyl group is below the plane). If they were both on the same side the isomer would be the cis- isomer. (b) (c) A chiral auxiliary is a chiral molecule used during organic synthesis. It attaches to the organic reactant...