Amino Acid Enantiomers

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Is lactic acid an optically inactive compound?

Q.

Is 2-hydroxypropanoic acid optically active?

Q. Amino acid contains an amino group and an acidic group as substituents on the same carbon atom. This carbon is called .

1. $\alpha$ - carbon
2. $\beta$ - carbon
3. amino carbon
4. acidic carbon

Q.

Acids which contain oxygen atoms in their molecule are called _____________ .

Q.

Which of these could be responsible for chirality in an amino acid?

1. Alpha carbon

2. R group

3. Carboxylic acid group

4. Amino group

Q. Which of the following amino acids is not optically active?

1. Glycine
2. Valine
3. Leucine
4. Isoleucine

Q. Amino acid contains an amino group and an acidic group as substituents on the same carbon atom. This carbon is called .

1. $\alpha$ - carbon
2. $\beta$ - carbon
3. amino carbon
4. acidic carbon

Q. Why is it said the glycine is is not laevorotatory amino acid? It forms non superimposable mirror image ryt?? Then y so??

Q. Which of the following amino acids is not optically active?

1. Glycine
2. Valine
3. Leucine
4. Isoleucine

Q. Amino acids that is not optically active

1. Glycine
2. Valine
3. Leucine
4. Isoleucine