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Optical Activity

An alkane whi...

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An alkane which can exhibit optical activity is:

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3-methylhexane

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3-methylpentane

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C

isopentane

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D

neopentane

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Solution

The correct option is A 3-methylhexane
3-Methylhexane can exhibit optical activity due to the presence of chiral carbon (marked with asterisk in the above image).

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