The compound aspartame is used extensively as a sweetener in ‘diet’ soft drinks. Aspartame is chiral. (There are no chiral carbon atoms in $\text{C}_6\text{H}_5$.) How many chiral carbon atoms are there in one molecule of aspartame?
- A1
- B2
- C3
- D4
Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · Chemical bonding
The compound aspartame is used extensively as a sweetener in ‘diet’ soft drinks. Aspartame is chiral. (There are no chiral carbon atoms in $\text{C}_6\text{H}_5$.) How many chiral carbon atoms are there in one molecule of aspartame?