Question

Which of the following is chiral compound?​

Answer 1

Answer:

4 is the chiral compound

Explanation:

Chiral Compound

A chiral compound is a compound that contains an asymmetric center (chiral atom or chiral center) and can occur in two non-superimposable mirror-image forms, i.e., enantiomers. Chiral molecules are asymmetric in nature.

Examples: Left and right hands are non-superimposable mirror images.

Achiral Compound

Achiral compounds are the reverse of chiral compounds. A molecule or ion is said to be achiral if it is superimposable, i.e., it can be superimposed on its mirror image. They consists of a plane of symmetry or a centre of symmetry.

Achiral molecules which have a stereocenter are known as Meso molecules.

Examples: (meso)-2,3-dibromobutane and trans-1,2-dichloro-1,2-ethanediol

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