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Chemistry
Level
3
How many optically active isomers are there in Hept-2,5-dien-4-ol?
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1 solution
isomer hept-2cis,3trans-dien4-ol (chiral carbon is C-4) is optically active with 2 optically active isomers ... no symmetry as on one side it is cis and on other it is trans....it is also called pseudo chiral carbon(C-4)