Answer
The middle carbon on the right-hand molecule is asymmetric.
Work Step by Step
This is true since only that carbon has four different substituents attached to it, which is what defines an asymmetric carbon.
Campbell Biology (11th Edition)
by Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman, Peter V. Minorsky
Published by
Pearson
ISBN 10:
0-13409-341-0
ISBN 13:
978-0-13409-341-3
Chapter 4 - Test Your Understanding - Level 2 - Application/Analysis - Page 65: 8
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