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Why are allenes optically active even though they do not have any chiral centre

Why are allenes optically active even though they do not have any chiral centre

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askiitian.expert- chandra sekhar
10 Points
14 years ago

Hi 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.

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