Benzocaine: spot the phantom stereocenter

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Two-step route to benzocaine: reduce the nitro to the amine, then Fischer-esterify with ethanol. The connectivity is correct. Check whether any of the drawn stereodescriptors are real.

Stereocenters require four different substituents

Hallucinated stereochemistry

Achiral molecules in drug synthesis

Find the flaw

Click the step that contains the flaw, or pick “No flaw” if you think every step is correct.

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