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The amino acid shown is alanine drawn with wedges. The configuration of its stereocentre is

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. Dit has no stereocentre

Answer: A

At the alpha carbon of alanine the priorities are (N) first, then (C attached to O,O,O) over (C attached to H,H,H), and last. Viewed with away from the viewer, runs anticlockwise in the drawing, so the configuration is . This is L-alanine, the natural enantiomer.
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