Chapter 10, Problem 10.54AP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The name and three-letter abbreviation for the amino acid that does not contain chiral center.

Introduction:

The chemical compounds in which carbon is bonded with acidic and basic group along with hydrocarbon side chain are known as amino acids. There are about $500$ amino acids, but only $20$ amino acids appear in DNA.

The substitution of carbon with four different atoms leads to the formation of chiral center. The chiral centers are optically active and rotate the plane of polarized light to the left or right.