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AP EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

The number of optical isomers possible for 2-Bromo-3-Chlorobutane are

  1. A 8
  2. B 10
  3. C 4
  4. D 2
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(C) 4

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Number of stereo isomers = 2n Where, n=number of stereo centre. The carbon atom which is attached with four different groups or atoms is known as stereo centre. The 2-Bromo-3-chlorobutane has the two stereo centre. These are represented by the *. So, the number of stereo centre…