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Presence of chiral carbon in organic compound is neither a necessary not a sufficient condition for showing optical activity. The chirality, i.e., dissmmetry of a molecule as a whole is the necessary condition for optical activity.
Which of these compounds will NOT show optical activity?

A

`CH_3 - CHCOH - CH_2 - CH_3`

B

C

D

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D
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