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Is 2 - hydroxypropanoic acid optically active? Explain.

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2 - hydroxpropanoic acid `[overset(3)(C)H_(3)-overset(2**)(C)H(OH)-overset(1)(C)OOH]` is optically active as there is one chiral centre situated at C - 2.
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