General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry - 4th edition
General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry - 4th edition
4th Edition
ISBN: 9781259883989
Author: by Janice Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.2, Problem 15.4P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

To distinguish between the term's chirality center and chiral.

Concept Introduction:

Compounds containing four different groups attached to them are known as chiral compound and that carbon is known as chiral carbon. The chiral carbon in the given compound is represented by placing an asterisk (*) symbol over that carbon atom.

Compounds in which no different four groups are attached to carbon are known as achiral.

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