Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding

Chemical bonding — practice question

Fructose is a sugar that has more than one chiral centre. In the diagram of the fructose molecule, X, Y and Z label three carbon atoms. Which of these carbon atoms are chiral centres?

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

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