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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMCHIRAL CENTRE AND CHIRAL MOLECULESMedium2 minQB
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Number of Carbon needed by a cycloalkane to show optical isomerism are:

Options:

Answer:
B
Solution:

Ans. (B) 5.

Sol. The smallest chiral cycloalkane is trans-1,2-dimethylcyclopropane: two stereocentres, no internal symmetry for the trans form. Total carbons = 3 (ring) + 2 (methyls) = 5.

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