Problem #3: Click the mouse on each of the chiral carbons in the molecule shown below. Click the Help button for a short review on the requirements for chirality in organic molecules.
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If you would like to know the total number of stereocenters in the molecule, click and hold the mouse button on the box below.
None of the carbons in this molecule are chiral since there is a plane of symmetry bisecting the ring through the methyl group. Remember that the five-membered ring is dynamic and is rapidly undergoing ring fluxuation, making all of the methylene carbons equivalent.
