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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMELEMENT OF SYMMETRYMedium2 minQB
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Which of the following molecules are chiral? Identify the chirality center(s) in each.
(a) 
3-Hydroxybutanoic acid (b) 
Alanine (amino acid)
(c) 
4-Methyl-2-pentanol
Options:
Answer:
A
Solution:
All three molecules are chiral. The chirality centers are marked with an asterisk (*) :
(a) 
3-Hydroxybutanoic acid : 1 (b) 
Alanine : 1
(c) 
4-Methyl-2-pentanol : 1
Each molecule has one carbon bearing four different groups, and no plane or centre of symmetry.
Ans. (a), (b) and (c) are chiral. Chirality centers : (a) 1 (b) 1 (c) 1
Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:STEREO ISOMERISMSubtopic:ELEMENT OF SYMMETRY
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