-Thalidomide and L-Dopa, Shown Below, Are Examples of Pharmaceutical Drugs

question 42

Multiple Choice

-Thalidomide and L-dopa, shown below, are examples of pharmaceutical drugs that occur as enantiomers, or molecules that

• A) have identical three-dimensional shapes.
• B) are mirror images of one another.
• C) are structural isomers.
• D) are mirror images of one another and have the same biological activity.
• E) are cis-trans isomers.

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