NEET2012ChemistryGeneral Organic ChemistryActual
Assertion : 1, 2-dichloroethane is optically active. Reason : Meso compound is optically active.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
D. If both assertion and reason are false.
Step-by-step solution
Since it has no chiral carbon, it is optically inactive. Meso compounds are optically inactive