At what point in the citric acid cycle do the methyl carbon from acetyl-CoA and the carbonyl carbon from oxaloacetate become chemically equivalent? Please reference specific steps in the citric acid cycle and draw structures of the intermediate in which the carbons are equivalent and the preceding molecule – labeling the inequivalent carbons.

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Answer: at the formation of CITRATE

Explanation: details of the answer is in the attachments.

Citrate is a 6 Carbon compound formed from the reaction of methyl cabon of acetyl coAof(2c) and cabonyl carbon of oxaloacatate(4c).  

The intermediate compound formed is CITRYL CoA.

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