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In assigning R-S configuration which among the following groups has highest priority?
ChemistryGeneral Organic ChemistryMHT CETMHT CET 2017
Options:
  • A -SO3H
  • B COOH
  • C CHO
  • D -C6H5
Solution:
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The correct answer is: -SO3H
In assigning \(\mathrm{R}-\mathrm{S}\) configuration \(-\mathrm{SO}_{3} \mathrm{H}\) group has highest priority.
The decreasing order of priority is \(-\mathrm{SO}_{3} \mathrm{H}>-\mathrm{COOH}>-\mathrm{CHO}>-\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{5}\).
Higher is the atomic number of the atom, higher is its priority. The atomic number of \(\mathrm{S}\) is maximum. Hence, \(-\mathrm{SO}_{3} \mathrm{H}\) group has highest priority.

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