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Q. Which of the following alkanes is optically active?

AIIMSAIIMS 2001Organic Chemistry – Some Basic Principles and Techniques

Solution:

$3$ - Methylhexane is
$C^*$ = chiral carbon atom (due to which the compound is optically active).

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