NEET 2006 Chemistry question

Which of the following is not chiral:-

(1)2-Butanol
(2)2,3-Dibromopentane
(3)3-BromopentaneCorrect
(4)2-Hydroxypropanoic acid

Answer: (3)

Solution

A molecule is chiral if it contains a carbon bonded to four different groups (a stereocentre) and has no plane of symmetry. (1) 2-Butanol, : C-2 has H, OH, , , so it is chiral. (2) 2,3-Dibromopentane has two

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