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Chiral Centres and Chirality

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A molecule is said to be chiral, only if :

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it is superimposable on its mirror image

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it is non-superimposable on its mirror image

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it possesses stereogenic centres

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it can have different configurations

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Solution

The correct option is B it is non-superimposable on its mirror image
A molecule is said to be chiral, only if it is non-superimposable on its mirror image.

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