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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMCHIRAL CENTRE AND CHIRAL MOLECULESMedium2 minQB
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How many following compounds are optically active?

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Answer:
4
Solution:

Four structures are optically active: (i), (iv), (vi), and (vii).

 

(viii) is a 1,3-disubstituted cyclobutane. The two ring paths at each substituted vertex are equivalent.

 

It has a symmetry plane through those vertices and is achiral.

 

The remaining structures (ii), (iii), and (v) are also achiral.

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