Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-041-7

Chapter 24 - The Chemistry of Life: Organic and Biological Chemistry - Exercises - Page 1088: 24.71b

Answer

Four chiral carbons are present in this molecule.

Work Step by Step

A chiral carbon atom has four different groups or atoms attached to it. In the picture attached, the four carbon atoms that are attached to four different groups, and hence are chiral are circled.
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