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The amino acid isoleucine, 2-amino-3-methylpentanoic acid, is shown drawn with wedges. How many of its stereocentres have the configuration? Give an integer.

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Answer: 2

Isoleucine has two stereocentres. At C2 the priorities are and the drawn arrangement is anticlockwise with away, so C2 is . At C3 the priorities are (attached to N,C,H) (C,H,H) and the drawn arrangement is also . The compound shown is -isoleucine, the natural L-isoleucine, so both stereocentres, i.e. 2, are .
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