Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry

An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry — practice question

Fructose is a sugar containing more than one chiral centre. The fructose molecule is shown below, with X, Y and Z marking three carbon atoms. Which carbon atoms are chiral centres?

  • AX, Y and Z
  • BX and Y only
  • CX only
  • DY only

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