Which of the following compounds is an optically active compound

1-butanol

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2-butanol

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3-butanol

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4-heptanol

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Solution

The correct option is B 2-butanol
2 butanol $(C H_{3} - C H - C H_{2} - C H_{3}) | O H$ is optically active because it has asymmetric carbon atom

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