Chemistry Homework Help => CBSE XI and XII Chemistry => Topic started by: ananya on March 05, 2021, 08:02:34 AM
Title: Asymmetric C
Post by: ananya on March 05, 2021, 08:02:34 AM
asymmetric carbon?
Title: Re: Asymmetric Carbon
Post by: uma on March 05, 2021, 11:57:27 PM
What is Asymmetric ? It is the sp3 carbon bonded to 4 different groups.
You need to ignore sp2 carbons which in this case are C=O 1 and 4 Now check carbon number 2 and 3 --are they bonded to four different groups ? Answer is YES