Question

Mention the compound not containing any chiral carbon atom.

• A. 2-methyl butanal
• B. 2,2-dimethyl propanoic acid
• C. 2-hydroxyl propaoic acid
• D. 1,2-dichloro propane

Answer 1

The correct option is B 2,2-dimethyl propanoic acid

$H_{3}C-\stackrel{\stackrel{C{H}_3}{|}}{\underset{\underset{C{H}_3}{|}}{C}}-\stackrel{\stackrel{O}{||}}{C}-OH$

$2,2$ $dimethyl$ $proponoic$ acid

It does not have any chiral centre. No carbon is present with four different group.