Which Compound, If Any, Will Be Optically Active

question 17

Multiple Choice

Which compound, if any, will be optically active?

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Definitions:

Ammonia

A colorless gas with a distinct, pungent smell, NH3, used in various industrial processes and also produced as a waste product in organisms.

Urea

A nitrogenous compound produced in the liver as a waste product of protein metabolism and excreted in urine.

Oxidative Deamination

Removal of the amine group of an amino acid to form a keto acid, ammonia, and NADH.

Transamination

A biochemical process that transfers the amino group from one amino acid to a keto acid, converting the latter into a new amino acid.