NEET2006ChemistryGeneral Organic ChemistryActual
Assertion : Diastereomers have different physical properties. Reason : They are non-superimposable mirror images.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
- CIf assertion is true, but reason is false
- DBoth assertion and reason are false statements.
Correct answer
C. If assertion is true, but reason is false
Step-by-step solution
Stereoisomers which are not mirror images of each other are called diastereomers. Diastereomers have different physical properties. Note : Diastereomers have similar chemical properties because they belong to the same family, but they do not have identical chemical properties because of difference in their relative configurations.