Chemistry 9701 · AS & A Level · States of matter

States of matter — practice question

Perindopril is a medicine used in the treatment of heart disease. Fig. 6.1 shows the structure of perindopril.
(a(i))[1]

State how many chiral carbon atoms are present in one molecule of perindopril.

(a(ii))[2]

Suggest one advantage and one disadvantage of making a drug such as perindopril as a single pure optical isomer.

(b(i))[2]

Name all the functional groups in perindopril.

(b(ii))[3]

A sample of perindopril is hydrolysed with hot aqueous acid. Draw the structures of the three organic products of the complete acid hydrolysis of perindopril.

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