Where are the chirality centers in the molecule ephedrine?

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Answer 1 · 2018-03-19T22:03:29

Consider ephedrine,

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The chirality centers are those at which the #alpha# carbon has four different substituents.

Hence, the red highlights are chirality centers, with hydrogen atoms understood.

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From left to right, the configurations are #R# and #S#, respectively.