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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMCHIRAL CENTRE AND CHIRAL MOLECULESMedium2 minQB
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Statement-I : Chiral compound must have at least one chiral centre.
Statement-II : Chiral compound do not have plane of symmetry, centre of symmetry and alternating axis of symmetry.
Options:
Answer:
D
Solution:
Statement I is false because chiral compounds like allenes or biphenyls can be chiral without a chiral center. Statement II is true as chiral compounds lack all elements of symmetry (plane, center, alternating axis) that would make them achiral.
Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:STEREO ISOMERISMSubtopic:CHIRAL CENTRE AND CHIRAL MOLECULES
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