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MHT CET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Which of the following isomers of \(\mathrm{C}_4 \mathrm{H}_9 \mathrm{Br}\) is a chiral molecule?

  1. A n-Butyl bromide
  2. B sec- Butyl bromide
  3. C Isobutyl bromide
  4. D tert-Butyl bromide
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(B) sec- Butyl bromide

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Carbon atom in a molecule marked with asterisk \(\left({ }^*\right)\) denotes the chiral carbon atom. Compounds having chiral carbon are optically active.