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Q1. If an organic compound has Only One asymmetric carbon in it, is it an Optically Active compound for sure?Q2. If an organic compound has No asymmetric Carbon atom in it, then is it Optically Inactive for sure? (without considering any other specification of its structure in both the queries.) Thanks.

Q1. If an organic compound has Only One asymmetric carbon in it, is it an Optically Active compound for sure?Q2. If an organic compound has No asymmetric Carbon atom in it, then is it Optically Inactive for sure? (without considering any other specification of its structure in both the queries.) Thanks.

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Pooja
askIITians Faculty 477 Points
5 years ago
Dear student,
For your first question answer is yes.
For your second question answer is no because asymmetric carbon is not the only factor for the optical activity, allenes having two different groups at the double bonds, spiranes etc are the compunds which are optically active even without having a chiral carbon.

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