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MHT CET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Which of the following is NOT optically active compound?

  1. A 1,2-Diiodobutane
  2. B 1,3-Diiodobutane
  3. C 1,4-Diiodobutane
  4. D 2,3-Diiodobutane
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(C) 1,4-Diiodobutane

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1,4-Diidobutane has plane of symmetry. Thus, it does not rotate the plane of plane polarized light and is optically inactive.
\(\mathrm{I}-\mathrm{CH}_2-\mathrm{CH}_2-\mathrm{CH}_2-\mathrm{CH}_2-\mathrm{I}\)