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xyxtem

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Question about organic chemistry
« on: April 01, 2005, 05:29:55 AM »
I'm sorry to bother you guys again. My teacher asked me to draw ALL possible sets of answers for the following question, but I still can't draw them all. Please help me.

Compound A (C6H6O6) is an acyclic tribasic acid isolated from the leaves and tubers of Aconitum napellus. Hydration of A gives two isomeric compounds, B and D. B is achiral, but D is chiral. Deduce the structures of A, B and D.

All I drew were:
A:   HOOC       COOH
              C=C
            H      CH2COOH

B:                COOH
   HOOC-CH2-C-OH
                   CH2COOH

D:  HOOC       COOH
       HO-C*-*C-H
           H       CH2COOH

Please *delete me*

xyxtem

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Re:Question about organic chemistry
« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2005, 11:08:34 PM »
Please! Would somebody help???

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