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Which of the following amino acids are chiral:(a)
Chapter 24, Problem 25P(choose chapter or problem)
Which of the following amino acids are chiral:
(a) \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}\left(\mathrm{NH}_{2}\right) \mathrm{COOH}\), (b) \(\mathrm{CH}_{2}\left(\mathrm{NH}_{2}\right) \mathrm{COOH}\), (c) \(\mathrm{CH}_{2}(\mathrm{OH}) \mathrm{CH}\left(\mathrm{NH}_{2}\right) \mathrm{COOH}\)?
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QUESTION:
Which of the following amino acids are chiral:
(a) \(\mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{CH}\left(\mathrm{NH}_{2}\right) \mathrm{COOH}\), (b) \(\mathrm{CH}_{2}\left(\mathrm{NH}_{2}\right) \mathrm{COOH}\), (c) \(\mathrm{CH}_{2}(\mathrm{OH}) \mathrm{CH}\left(\mathrm{NH}_{2}\right) \mathrm{COOH}\)?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 4
We need to find which of these amino acids are chiral.
Chiral molecules are those which have non-superimposable mirror images. One simplest method to identify a chiral molecule is to make sure the carbon atom has 4 different substituents.