State its name and, by means of a diagram, predict its structure.

Describe the structural feature of the carvone molecule that allows it to exist as optical isomers.

Name:

+(d)-carvone/s-carvone/(+)-(S)-carvone / dextro-carvone;

Structure:

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asymmetric/chiral carbon / OWTTE;

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