Grade Upto college levelOrganic ChemistryWhy are allenes optically active even though they do not have any chiral centre sudarshan gupta 16 Years agoGrade Upto college level
askiitian.expert- chandra sekhar16 Years agoHi sudarshan, In allenes there is no plane of symmetry...because of the 2 pi bonds are not in the same plane.... therfore different substituted atoms containing allenes are optically active.