Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry
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Why are carbon atoms 1 and 3 of glyceraldehyde not considered chiral?

Chapter 17, Problem 17.6E, Why are carbon atoms 1 and 3 of glyceraldehyde not considered chiral?

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