CHз COOH HO ОН orsellinic acid

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Orsellinic acid, a common constituent of lichens, is synthesized from the condensation of acetyl thioester and malonyl thioester. If a lichen is grown on a medium containing acetate that was radioactively labeled with 14C at the carbonyl carbon, which carbons will be labeled in orsellinic acid?

CHз
COOH
HO
ОН
orsellinic acid
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