Question

Please answer and explain

Identify whether each of the following molecules is chiral or achiral. Drag the appropriate items to their respective bins.

Answer 1

Concepts and reason

The basic concept of the problem is that stereo center in a molecule is generally the chiral center. Chiral molecules are optically active whereas achiral molecules are optically inactive.

Fundamentals

A chiral center is the central carbon atom around which four different atoms or groups of atoms are present. These asymmetric carbons or chiral centers are the stereo centers.

The chiral molecules are as follows:

The achiral molecules are as follows:

Ans:

The correct tags for the molecules as chiral and achiral are as follows: