Statement 1 : Butan-2-ol is optically active.
Statement 2 : The ability of rotation of plane polarized light either towards right or left is called optical activity.

Statement 1 is correct

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Statement 2 is correct

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Both 1 and 2 are correct

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Both 1 and 2 are incorrect

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The correct option is B Both 1 and 2 are correct
Butan-2-ol is optically active. The chiral Carbon has $H$ , $C H_{2}$ , $C H_{3}$ and $O H$ groups attached to it.

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Statement 1 : Butan-2-ol is optically active.Statement 2 : The ability of rotation of plane polarized light either towards right or left is called optical activity.

The correct option is B Both 1 and 2 are correctButan-2-ol is optically active. The chiral Carbon has H, CH2, CH3 and OH groups attached to it.

Statement 1 : Butan-2-ol is optically active.
Statement 2 : The ability of rotation of plane polarized light either towards right or left is called optical activity.

The correct option is B Both 1 and 2 are correct
Butan-2-ol is optically active. The chiral Carbon has $H$ , $C H_{2}$ , $C H_{3}$ and $O H$ groups attached to it.