An organic molecule necessarily shows optical activity if it:

Question

An organic molecule necessarily shows optical activity if it: (A) contains asymmetric carbon atoms (B) is non-planar (C) is non-superimposible on its mirror image (D) is superimposable on its, mirror image

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

An organic compound is optically active if it is non-super imposable on its mirror image.
(Conditions for optical isomerism)
The compound should be asymmetric. It should not contain plane of symmetry (mirror image is not super imposable).
It should not contain any symmetry element such as the center of symmetry or axes of symmetry.

Q. An organic molecule necessarily shows optical activity if it:

contains asymmetric carbon atoms

is non-planar

is non-superimposible on its mirror image

is superimposable on its, mirror image