Q.
Which of the following is not a chiral
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a
3-Bromopentane
b
2-Butanol
c
2-Hydroxy Propanoic acid
d
2,3-Dibromopentane
answer is A.
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[Step 1]:A carbon atom, tetrahedrally linked to four different monovalent atoms (or) groupsis called asymmetric carbon atom (*) and chiraloption (1) CH3−CH2−C|BrH−CH2−CH3option (2) CH3−C|OH*H−CH2−CH3option (3) CH3−C|OH*H−COOHoption (4) CH3−C|Br*H−C|Br*H−CH3Therefore options (2),(3) and(4) are chiral option (1) is not chiral due to two identical ethyl (C2H5) groups.
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