A chiral molecule is one that is not superposable on its mirror image, thus a chiral carbon is a carbon atom with 4 different groups attached into it. In the ff: structures below, using asterisk (*) to mark the chiral carbon. (Hint: There can be more than 1 chiral center in a molecule) он но он (a) (c) HO OH Он Lactic acid Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) Он он но. (b) (d) HO Glyceraldehyde Estradiol (an estrogen)

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A chiral molecule is one that is not superposable on its mirror image, thus a chiral carbon is a carbon atom with 4
different groups attached into it. In the ff: structures below, using asterisk (*) to mark the chiral carbon.
(Hint: There can be more than 1 chiral center in a molecule)
он
но.
он
(a)
(c)
HO
OH
он
Ascorbic acid
(vitamin C)
Lactic acid
он
он
HO
(b)
(d)
но
Estradiol
(an estrogen)
Glyceraldehyde
Transcribed Image Text:A chiral molecule is one that is not superposable on its mirror image, thus a chiral carbon is a carbon atom with 4 different groups attached into it. In the ff: structures below, using asterisk (*) to mark the chiral carbon. (Hint: There can be more than 1 chiral center in a molecule) он но. он (a) (c) HO OH он Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) Lactic acid он он HO (b) (d) но Estradiol (an estrogen) Glyceraldehyde
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