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IiTeachChem
•Created by Irreplaceable on 5/3/2024 in #💭│doubts
Optical activity
chbrcl will make a chiral carbon
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IiTeachChem
•Created by Irreplaceable on 5/3/2024 in #💭│doubts
Optical activity
so acc to me none of the options really fulfill what the question asks
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IiTeachChem
•Created by Irreplaceable on 5/3/2024 in #💭│doubts
Optical activity
as for option (b) and (d) they seem to show plane of symmetry and that should make them optically inactive (i might be wrong on this one)
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IiTeachChem
•Created by Irreplaceable on 5/3/2024 in #💭│doubts
Optical activity
the same goes for option (c) its optically active but with no chiral centres
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IiTeachChem
•Created by Irreplaceable on 5/3/2024 in #💭│doubts
Optical activity
the question here asks for optical activity and at least one chiral carbon being present while option (a) being a ortho substituted biphenyl derivative shows optical activity without any chiral centres present
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