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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

This is my questio wht is a Stereogenic centre ??

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15 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer15 Years ago

this means number of chiral carbons present inside a molecule ..

chiral atom => SP3 hybridised carbon bearing four different groups ...

example

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here in this molecule central carbon has 4 different groups so this is chiral center or steriogenic center of molecule ...

in same way  molecule can have 1 or more than one steriogenic centers ..

tartric acid has 2 steriogenic centers ...