Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305080485
Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5.6, Problem 13P
One of the following molecules (a)–(d) is d-erythrose 4-phosphate, an intermediate in the Calvin photosynthetic cycle by which plants incorporate CO2 into carbohydrates. If d-erythrose 4-phosphate has R stereochemistry at both chirality centers, which of the structures is it? Which of the remaining three structures is the enantiomer of d-erythrose 4-phosphate, and which are diastereomers?
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