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Q. Among the following, the optically inactive compound is

NTA AbhyasNTA Abhyas 2020Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

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are non-separable mirror images, that's why this compound is optically active.

Phosphorus is attached with bulky groups, so the oscillation becomes zero and it can show optical activity.

Compound D has one chiral carbon atom and thus, is optically active.