Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

The structures of citric acid and isocitric acid are displayed. How many chiral centres are present in each acid?

  • Acitric acid $= 1$, isocitric acid $= 1$
  • Bcitric acid $= 1$, isocitric acid $= 2$
  • Ccitric acid $= 0$, isocitric acid $= 1$
  • Dcitric acid $= 0$, isocitric acid $= 2$

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