Question

5. Answer the following questions:
(i) What is meant by chirality of a compound? Give an example.
(ii) Which one of the following compounds is more easily hydrolyzed by KOH and
why?
CH3CHCICH2CH3 or CH3CH2CH2CI​

Answer 1

Answer:

Explanation:

1 .  chirality of a compound refers to its nature of unsymmetry . what happens is if a compound does not have symmetry wrt a plane or a point it is considered to show optical behaviour like polarization of light , etc. for this reason term chirality was being used to determine the optical behaviour of a compound. chiral compounds don't have symmetry and show optical behaviour. ex.:- CHClBr