Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5.2, Problem 4P
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The chirality center of the following molecules is to be identified.
Concept introduction:
Threose is a four-carbon monosaccharide with molecular formula C4H8O4.
Enflurane (2-chloro-1, 1, 2,-trifluoroethyl-difluoromethyl ether) is a halogenated ether. Developed by Ross Terrell in 1963, it was first used clinically in 1966.
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