Basic Examples (2) 

Show 2-butanol:

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Invert it:

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Check the chirality:

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Invert one of the carbinol atoms of cis-cyclohexan-1,3-diol:

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Scope (5) 

Amines can be inverted:

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Check the out-of-plane angle:

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Show a molecule:

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Invert it:

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Check the out-of-plane angle:

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Spiro centers can be inverted:

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Check the chirality:

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Ring fusion atoms with sufficiently large rings can be inverted:

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Check the chirality:

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Bridgehead atoms with sufficiently large rings can be inverted:

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Applications (2) 

Invert the anomeric carbon of α-D-glucose:

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Check that the stereochemistry at only atom 2 has changed:

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Possible Issues (4) 

Ring fusion atoms with small rings are not inverted:

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Bridgehead atoms with small rings are not inverted:

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Bridgehead atoms in tricyclic and larger ring systems are not inverted:

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Pentacoordinate atoms cannot be inverted:

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