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Indicate whether the following substance is optically active or not.

Indicate whether the following substance is optically active or not.

Indicate whether the following substance is optica


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CHIRALITY: carbon having four different substituents is known as asymmetric carbon and it is called as chiral carbon

OPTICAL ACTIVE: If a molecule capable of rotating the plane polarised light ( left / right) is known as optically active

all the chiral molecules are optically active

In given problem caron having four different substituents , so, it chiral and optically active.

configuration of given molecules is (S)-(−)-2-Methylbutanol

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