Interpretation:
Chiral: Molecules that are non-superimposable to their mirror image, has no symmetry either point of symmetry, line of symmetry or plane of symmetry. It has a chiral carbon; chiral carbon is that carbon which is attached to four different groups is said to be a chiral carbon, or chiral center.
Achiral: Molecules whose mirror images are superimposable to each other. They have symmetry.
Concept introduction:
Simple rule to identify chiral center: It is that tetrahedral bonded carbon, where all four substituents are different. This carbon is also known as stereocenter.
Answer to Problem 13.51UTC
Solution:
Explanation of Solution
Indicated carbon is connected with two identical groups, so it is achiral carbon.
Monosodium glutamate
Indicated carbon in connected with four different groups/atoms as indicated, so it is chiral carbon.
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