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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

How C and D are superimposable identical images? Explain with structure.

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Profile image of Ankit Dash
7 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Pooja
7 Years ago
Dear Student,
The carbon containing four different groups is called chiral carbon and the mirror images of that carbon compound are non-superimposable.
In your question C and D have not got four different groups and hence they are superimposable and identical