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The following ball-and-stick molecular model is a representation of thalidomide, a drug that causes birth defects when taken by expectant mothers hut ¡s valuable for its use against leprosy. The lines indicate only the connections between atoms,not whether the bonds are single, double, or triple.
(a) What is the formula of thalidomide?
(b) Indicate the positions of the multiple bonds in thalidomide.
(c) What is the geometry around each carbon?
(d) What is the hybridization of each carbon?
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