Home
Class 11
CHEMISTRY
The correct statement regarding a chiral...

The correct statement regarding a chiral compound is

A

It must has at least one chiral carbon

B

It should be devoid of any axis of symmetry

C

It may be superimposable on its mirror image

D

A compound contaning only one chiral carbon is always chiral

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
D
If a compound has one and only one chiral carbon, it will essentially be optically active.
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • SOME BASIC PRINCIPALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

    A2Z|Exercise Confirmational Isomerism|25 Videos

  • SOME BASIC PRINCIPALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

    A2Z|Exercise Section B - Assertion Reasoning|25 Videos

  • SOME BASIC PRINCIPALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

    A2Z|Exercise Geometrical Isomerism|47 Videos

  • SOME BASIC CONCEPTS OF CHEMISTRY

    A2Z|Exercise Section D - Chapter End Test|30 Videos

  • STATES OF MATTER

    A2Z|Exercise Section D - Chapter End Test|30 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

The correct statement regarding a carbonyl compound with a hydrogen atom on its alphacarbon, is

The correct statement regarding interstitial compounds is -

The correct statement regarding interstitial componds is -

Choose the correct statement regarding following compounds:

A2Z-SOME BASIC PRINCIPALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-Optical Isomerism
  1. Which of the following compounds is not chiral?

    Text Solution

    |

  2. Amongst the following compounds, the optically active alkane having lo...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. The correct statement regarding a chiral compound is

    Text Solution

    |

  4. CH(3)-underset(Cl)underset(|)CH-underset(Br)underset(|)CH-underset(OH)...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. The correct statements regarding elements of symmetry and chirality of...

    Text Solution

    |

  6. A hydrocarbon X is optically active X upon hydrogenation gives an opti...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. Which statements is wrong about symmetry?

    Text Solution

    |

  8. What is true regarding a meso from of a compound?

    Text Solution

    |

  9. How many different stereoisomers exist for the compound below?

    Text Solution

    |

  10. Total number of stereoisomers of compound is: CH(3)-overset(Br)overs...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Which of the following compounds will have a mesoisomer also?

    Text Solution

    |

  12. Which of the following species will be optically active

    Text Solution

    |

  13. How many cyclic isomers isomers (structrural and geometrical only) exi...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. Amongst the following compounds, the optically active alkane having lo...

    Text Solution

    |

  15. If optical rotation produced by is +36^(@), then that produced by

    Text Solution

    |

  16. What is incorrect regarding cis -1,3--diborano-trans-2, 4-dichlorocycl...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. Racemic mixture is formed by mixing of two:

    Text Solution

    |

  18. A similarly between optical and geometrical isomerism is that?

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The parir of molecules shown are

    Text Solution

    |

  20. What is relationship between the following projections?

    Text Solution

    |