RNA and DNA are chiral molecules, their chirality is due to
RNA and DNA are chiral molecules, their chirality is due to
chiral bases
chiral phosphate ester units
D-sugar component
L-sugar component
Solution
The constituents of nucleic acids are nitrogenous bases, sugar and phosphoric acid. The sugar present in DNA is D(-)-2-deoxyribose and the sugar present in RNA is D(-) ribose. Due to these D(-)-sugar components, DNA and RNA molecules are chiral molecules.
