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Write the structures of the isomers of alcohols with molecular formula C_{4}H_{10}O. Which of these exhibits optical activity?

 

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To become an optically active, compounds are required to be chiral. To check the chirality of any compound, they must have a carbon atom attached with four different groups and have no plane of symmetry. From the above-mentioned compounds, only Butan-2-ol is optically active as the rest are achiral compounds.

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