Problem #15: 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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All of the carbon indicated are chiral since they are bonded to four different groups. These are most readily visualized by viewing the molecule as a whole, with different "branches" attached to each of the chiral centers. This is seen in the example shown below where three pathways can be readily visualized; path #1, the hydroxyl group, path #2, proceeding clockwise around the ring, path #3, proceeding counterclockwise, and, of course, the hydrogen.