how to identify chiral and achiral molecules of different compounds

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If a carbon atom is attached to 4 different atoms/ functional groups it is called a chiral carbon and it can deviate plane of polarised light.
If even 2 groups are same amongst the groups attached to carbon then it is an achiral Carbon.

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how to identify chiral and achiral molecules of different compounds

If a carbon atom is attached to 4 different atoms/ functional groups it is called a chiral carbon and it can deviate plane of polarised light. If even 2 groups are same amongst the groups attached to carbon then it is an achiral Carbon.

If a carbon atom is attached to 4 different atoms/ functional groups it is called a chiral carbon and it can deviate plane of polarised light.
If even 2 groups are same amongst the groups attached to carbon then it is an achiral Carbon.