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Q. Which of the following alkanes is optically active?

AIIMSAIIMS 1996Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Solution:

$3-$ methyl Hexane is

$CH_3 - CH_ 2 - CH_2 \underset{\overset{}{*}}{\overset{\underset{|}{CH_3}}{C}}H - CH-2 CH_3$

$C ^{*}=$ Chiral carbon atom (due to which it is optically active)