A chemist creates a new molecule that has a completely diff erent three-dimensional

Chapter 0, Problem 4

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A chemist creates a new molecule that has a completely diff erent three-dimensional shape from other molecules humans have ever encountered. Would you be able smell it? Select the best answer. (A) Probably not, because synthetic compounds do not have a smell. (B) Defi nitely, because all esters smell sweet. (C) Probably not, because our noses would not have developed receptor sites to detect it. (D) Defi nitely, because parts of the molecule can break off to fi t into receptor sites in our noses.

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