General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry - 4th edition
General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry - 4th edition
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ISBN: 9781259883989
Author: by Janice Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.5, Problem 15.13P
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(a)

Interpretation:

The chiral center in propranolol needs to be located.

Concept introduction:

A carbon center having all the different four substituents attached to it is known as a chiral center. If one of the four groups is the same, the carbon center will be achiral in nature.

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(b)

Interpretation:

The enantiomers of propranolol molecule needs to be drawn.

Concept introduction:

If the molecules have the chiral center, the different forms of the molecules which are optically active are known as enantiomers of each other.

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