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The necessary and sufficient condition for a compound to be optically active is that

A

it must contain asymmetric carbon atoms

B

its molecule must be nonidentical with its mirroe image

C

its must be symmetric

D

its molecule must be identical with its mirror image

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The correct Answer is:
B
Optical activity is not the property of a single molecule but rather of a collection of moolecules in which one serves as the nonsuperposable mirror image of the other.
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