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Q. Which of the following compounds are optically active?Chemistry Question Image

AIIMSAIIMS 2012Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Solution:

(1) and (4) compounds are meso-compounds, they possesses a plane of symmetry and is consequently optically inactive and superimposes on its mirror image (i.e., they are identical).