JEE Advanced Chemistry question

Statement 1: CH_3-CH(Cl)OH is a optically active compound Statement 2: Dissymmetry arises in a chemical compound owing to the presence of chiral centre

(A)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is correct explanation for AssertionCorrect
(B)Assertion is True, Reason is True; Reason is not correct explanation for Assertion
(C)Assertion is True, Reason is False
(D)Assertion is False, Reason is True

Answer: (A)

Solution

In CH_3-CH(Cl)OH, the central carbon is bonded to four different groups (, , , ) — a genuine chiral centre, so the molecule is optically active; Statement 1 is true. The

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