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jsilver212
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Hi this is my first time posting a question to this site....this is actually taken from a yahoo post but we just had this exact question on an exam and want to confirm the answer....
a) How many chiral carbons are there in this carbohydrate?
b) How many optical isomers does this carbohydrate have ?
CHO
l
H-C-OH
l
H-C-OH
l
CH2OH
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yeah, we can't confirm the answer until you give an answer...
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sorry didn't realize i had to post answer as well.
Well, many people I talked to said 2 chiral carbons, but I really thought there were three, since the "environments" surrounding each carbon were different.
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In general a chiral carbon is one with four diffeerent groups attached to it. So it must be tetrahedral and it should have four separate unique groups attached to it.
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