Question
Which of the following compounds which is an optically active compound

Answer

b
(b) $2-$butanol $(C{H_3} - \mathop {\mathop {CH}\limits_{|\,\,\,\,\,\,} }\limits_{OH} - C{H_2} - C{H_3})$ is optically active because it has asymmetric carbon atom.

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