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Chiral Centres and Chirality

Assertion: La...

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Assertion: Lactic acid is an optically active compound.
Reason: It contains a chiral centre with a plane of symmetry.

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Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is correct explanation of Assertion

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Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is not correct explanation of Assertion

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Assertion is true but Reason is false

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Assertion is false but Reason is true

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Solution

The correct option is D Assertion is true but Reason is false
Lactic acid is an optically active compound. It contains a chiral center without plane of symmetry. The C atom attached to four different atoms/ groups is chiral and is marked with asterisk.

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