Question: (a) Using lines, wedges, and dashed wedges as appropriate, draw perspective structures of the two stereoisomers of ibuprofen, a well-known non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. (b)

(a) Using lines, wedges, and dashed wedges as appropriate, draw perspective structures of the two stereoisomers of ibuprofen, a well-known non steroidal anti-inflammatory drug.
(a) Using lines, wedges, and dashed wedges as appropriate, draw

(b) Only the S enantiomer has anti-inflammatory activity (although the R enantiomer is converted slowly by the body into the S enantiomer). Identify which of the structures you drew in part (a) is the active drug.

CH CH CO2H ibuprofen

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