Aspartame is commonly used as a sweetening agent in ‘diet’ soft drinks. Aspartame is a chiral molecule. (No chiral carbon atoms are present in $\text{C}_6\text{H}_5$.) How many chiral carbon atoms does one molecule of aspartame contain?
- A1
- B2
- C3
- D4
Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry
Aspartame is commonly used as a sweetening agent in ‘diet’ soft drinks. Aspartame is a chiral molecule. (No chiral carbon atoms are present in $\text{C}_6\text{H}_5$.) How many chiral carbon atoms does one molecule of aspartame contain?