The compound 1-(N-ethyl-N-methyl) propanamine forms non-superimposable mirror images. But this compound does not show optical acitivity because

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The compound 1-(N-ethyl-N-methyl) propanamine forms non-superimposable mirror images. But this compound does not show optical acitivity because (A) absence of chiral N atom (B) presence of chiral N atom (C) presence of lone pair on N atom (D) of rapid flipping one form into the other

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Q. The compound 1-(N-ethyl-N-methyl) propanamine forms non-superimposable mirror images. But this compound does not show optical acitivity because

absence of chiral N atom

presence of chiral N atom

presence of lone pair on N atom

of rapid flipping one form into the other

It does not show optical activity because of rapid flipping of one form into the other