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How many alcohols with molecular formula \text {C}_{4}\text {H}_{10}\text {O} are chiral?

(i) 1

(ii) 2

(iii) 3

(iv) 4

Answers (1)

The answer is the option (i). To identify the chirality of any compound in chemistry, the carbon present should be surrounded by four different groups and should not have any plane of symmetry.

The possible alcohols with the molecular formula \text {C}_{4}\text {H}_{10}\text {O} are –

-           \text {1-Butanol}

-           \text {2-Butanol}

-          \text { 2-methyl-1-propanol}

-           \text { 2-methyl-1-propanol}

If all the alcohol's chemical structure is drawn of the possible compounds, then only one of them contains carbon with four different groups that are \text {2-Butanol} , so the right answer is the option (i) 1.

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