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Chapter 4, Problem 42P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The optically active diol out of the given compounds A and B is to be determined.

Concept introduction:

A chiral carbon atom is attached to four different atoms or groups of atoms.

A chiral compound contains at least one chiral carbon atom and no elements of symmetry.

Molecules can be achiral in spite of having chirality centers. If a compound has two or more equivalently substituted chiral centers and an internal plane of symmetry, that compound is called a meso compound.

Meso compounds are optically inactive.

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