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How many optical isomers are possible in a compound with one chiral carbon ?

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Solution

The correct option is C $2$
A compound with only one chiral carbon has two optical isomers. These are the pair of non-superimposable mirror images called enantiomers. The configuration of the isomers will be R and S.
Hence, (c) is correct.

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