For C4H10O a constitutional isomer can be written as C-C-C-C-O-H with hydrogens also coming off of the 4 carbons. I know that this is an alcohol. I need to know if there are stereoisomers for this other than conformers. I think that there are stereoisomers because you can just move the location of the OH.

Question

For C4H10O a constitutional isomer can be written as C-C-C-C-O-H with hydrogens also coming off of the 4 carbons. I know that this is an alcohol. I need to know if there are stereoisomers for this other than conformers. I think that there are stereoisomers because you can just move the location of the OH.

Is this correct?

Answer 1

No, in the case of C4H10O, there are no stereoisomers other than conformers.

To determine if there are potential stereoisomers, we need to examine the presence of chiral centers or double bonds in the molecule. A chiral center, also known as a stereocenter, is a carbon atom that is bonded to four different groups. However, in the given structure C-C-C-C-O-H, there are no chiral centers present.

Since chiral centers are necessary for the existence of stereoisomers, we can conclude that there are no other stereoisomers for the given compound C4H10O, apart from the conformers.