A compound has 3 chiral carbon atoms. The number of possible optical isomers it can have:

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A compound has 3 chiral carbon atoms. The number of possible optical isomers it can have: (A) 3 (B) 2 (C) 8 (D) 4

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The number of possible optical isomers =2n (where n is the number of chiral C-atoms) =23 =8

Q. A compound has $3$ chiral carbon atoms. The number of possible optical isomers it can have: