Imagine That a Friend Has Just Learned That One of His

question 33

Essay

Imagine that a friend has just learned that one of his or her parents has been diagnosed as having Huntington chorea, a genetic disease that emerges in middle age. Your friend has no children, and does not yet know whether he or she carries the defective gene. What steps, if any, would you advise your friend to take in making decisions about his or her future life? Explain.

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Definitions:

Stereochemical Detail

Information regarding the spatial arrangement of atoms within a molecule and how this affects its chemical behavior.

Necessary Reagents

Chemical substances or mixture of substances required to start or drive a chemical reaction to convert reactants into products.

3,6-dimethylcyclohexene

An organic compound with a six-membered ring structure, having methyl groups attached at the 3rd and 6th positions.

Dry Gaseous HBr

Hydrogen bromide gas that is free from water, often used in organic synthesis as a reagent.