Plants extract are widely used in many parts of Cameroon to treat infectious disease or related symptoms including abdominal pains, itching, urinary and respiratory ailments, fever, coughing and diarrhea. Harunmadagascarin C as depicted below is an extract from the plant Harungana madagascariensis that has been studied for potential antimicrobial activity. Which statement best describes the stereochemistry of the compound?
a. Harunmadagascarin C is achiral and does not have any stereogenic or chiral centers.
The two stereogenic centers are currently in the E configuration, and the double bond in the ring structure is not stereogenic.
There are four possible stereoisomers for Harunmadagascarin C since, as depicted, there are 2 stereocenters in the compound.
There is one chiral center present in the molecule.
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