Which of the following statements is correct?

Options

A. The presence of chiral carbon is essential condition for enantiomerism.
B. Functional isomerism is a kind of stereoisomerism.
C. The compounds containing one chiral carbon only are always chiral.
D. All statements are correct.

Answer

C

Explanation

The presence of an asymmetric C atom is not essential, e.g., allenes of the type (RR.C=C=CRR.) are optically active although they do not contain chiral C atoms.