Given the Compounds 2,3-Dimethylpentane and 2,4-Dimethylpentane, Which of the Following

question 10

Multiple Choice

Given the compounds 2,3-dimethylpentane and 2,4-dimethylpentane, which of the following is true?

• A)only 2,3-dimethylpentane is chiral
• B)only 2,4-dimethylpentane is chiral
• C)both are chiral
• D)neither is chiral

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