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JEE · NEET Previous Year Question

$Which of the following compounds is not chiral ?$

Topic: JEE PYQ

Answer: A. Full step-by-step solution below.

A $1-Chloropentane$
B $2-Chloropentane$
C $1-Chloro-2-methylpentane$
D $3-Chloro-2-methylpentane$

Correct answer: A

Solution

(a) To be optically active the compound or structure should possess chiral or asymmetric centre but in the rest of the structure it is present.

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