CAIE A-Level Chemistry Optical-Isomer Drawing Convention
Practise drawing non-superimposable mirror images with clear wedge-and-dash three-dimensional geometry.
- Syllabus
- 2028–2030
- Course
- Chemistry 9701
- Level
- A2
Practise drawing non-superimposable mirror images with clear wedge-and-dash three-dimensional geometry.
Alanine, H2NCH(CH3)CO2H, and glutamic acid, H2NCH(CH2CH2CO2H)CO2H, are two naturally occurring amino acids.
H2NCH(CH3)CO2H exists as two optical isomers.
Draw three-dimensional structures of these two optical isomers.


M1 one diagram correct [1]
M2 both diagrams correct 3D and different [1]