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  • Amino acid lacking an optically active α-carbon is
Multiple choice

Amino acid lacking an optically active α-carbon is

  1. Arginine

  2. Histidine

  3. Glutamic acid

  4. Glycine

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Explanation

Glycine has a hydrogen atom as its side chain. Since it has two identical substituents (two hydrogens) on the alpha-carbon, it is achiral and not optically active.

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