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Chapter 15, Problem 36P
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Chirality center of dobutamine molecule should be identified and the enantiomers should be drawn.

Concept Introduction:

A tetrahedral carbon atom bonded to four different groups is called a chiral center. A Molecule having at least one chiral center is a chiral molecule. Molecules that do not have any chiral centers are called achiral.

  GENERAL,ORGANIC, & BIOLOGICAL CHEM-ACCES, Chapter 15, Problem 36P , additional homework tip  1

When the mirror images of a chiral molecule are not superimposable, those mirror images become stereoisomers called enantiomers.

  GENERAL,ORGANIC, & BIOLOGICAL CHEM-ACCES, Chapter 15, Problem 36P , additional homework tip  2

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