Question

Question:Butaclamol is a potent antipsychotic that has been used clinically in the treatment of schizophrenia. How many asymmetric centers does it have?

Short answer

There are three asymmetric centres in this group.

Step-by-step solution

Definition of asymmetric centre

Asymmetric centres are those which has 4 different groups attached to them, that is the chiral centres are called asymmetric centre.

explanation

asymmetric center must have four different groups attached to it, and only sp³ carbons

can be asymmetric centers. Therefore, we start by locating all the sp³ carbons in the groups and they are given below,

All the star marked carbons are sp³ and they have all the 4 different groups.

So, there are 3 asymmetric centres.