Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321910419
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Chapter 24 - The Chemistry of Life: Organic and Biological Chemistry - Additional Exercises - Page 1089: 24.90b

Answer

A chiral carbon is present in this molecule.

Work Step by Step

A chiral compound has four different groups or atoms attached to a carbon atom. In this molecule, the third carbon atom from the right has four different groups attached to it. (${-OH}$, $-H{}$, $-CH_{2}OH$, $-COCH_{2}OH$)
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