OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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What is an Asymmetric carbon atom
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It is the carbon atom that is different from other carbon atoms
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It is the carbon atom to which two different groups or atoms are attached.
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It is the carbon atom to which four similar groups or atoms are attached.
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It is the carbon atom to which four different groups or atoms are attached.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -An asymmetric carbon atom is defined as a carbon within an organic compound that contains four different atoms or groups of atoms (substituents) bonded to it. As an example, consider a carbon atom that’s bonded to an-OH group, a hydrogen, a fluorine, and a bromine.
Detailed explanation-2: -A chiral carbon has four different groups attached to it.
Detailed explanation-3: -: a carbon atom in union with four atoms or groups no two of which are alike, compounds containing such a carbon atom being capable of existing in two optically active forms which are distinguished by being respectively levorotatory and dextrorotatory and also in some cases by having enantiomorphous crystal forms.
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