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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · General Organic Chemistry

Identify the chiral molecule among the following.

  1. A Isopropyl alcohol
  2. B 2-Pentanol
  3. C 1-Bromo-3-butene
  4. D Isobutyl alcohol
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(B) 2-Pentanol

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A carbon which is bonded to four different groups or atoms is called chiral carbon. A chiral molecule or ion exists in two stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other, called enantiomers. CH3-CHOH-CH3. Isopropyl alcohol, achiral CH3-C*HOH-CH2-CH2-CH3:Pentan-2-ol  The…