What is the mandatory condition for optical isomerism?
Chirality
Is it the presence of a chiral centre OR it is just that if mirror images of 2 compounds are non-superimposable, they will be chiral?
Chirality again. non-superimposible mirror image is included in chirality.
if mirror images of 2 compounds are non-superimposable, they will be chiral
if there is only one chiral centre Chiral compounds will have non-superimposible mirror-image.it's d othwe way around get it ??
in the case of more chiral centres only the question of internal symmetry arises.
Example- C2H5-C*O-CH3 .
The image of this ketone is non-superimposable on it but it also does not have any chiral centre. SO is it optically active or not?
It is not optically active.it should have a chiral centre.
Cleared ?:)
Moderation Team
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