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Standard XII
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What is an ac...
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What is an achiral carbon atom?
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Achiral carbon atom
The carbon atom which is attached to the same substituents and lacks any chiral centre is called an achiral carbon atom.
Achiral compounds are optically inactive in nature as they do not rotate the plane-polarized light.
Example
Dichloromethane, the carbon atom is an achiral atom as two chlorine atoms and two hydrogen atoms are attached to the central carbon atom.
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