Conformational analysis of enantiomers of chiral chloroalkanes

The pairs of compounds that are nonsuperimposable mirror images called enantiomers. There are several classes of enantiomers that are being studied rather extensively because of their industrial and research importance. 2-Chloropentane, 2-chlorohexane and 2-chloroheptane are the most important chiral enantiomers. Conformational analysis is the study of the energies of different conformations. Many reactions depend on a molecule's ability to twist into a particular conformation. Conformational analysis can help to predict which conformations are favoured and which reactions are more likely to take place. Here we apply conformational analysis to these three enantiomers. From these we predict the most stable conformer. Besides that, the successful interpretations of these compounds using various parameters of the molecules have been provided.