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Chemistry

Stereo Isomers

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Questions
6 MCQs

01
PYQ 2006
easy
chemistry ID: neet-200

Which of the following is not chiral?

1. 2-butanol

2. 2,3-dibromopentane

3. 3-bromopentane

4. 2-hydroxypropanoic acid

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PYQ 2007
easy
chemistry ID: neet-200

If there is no rotation of plane-polarized light by a compound in a specific solvent thought to be chiral, it may mean that:

1. The compound is certainly a chiral.

2. The compound is certainly meso.

3. There is no compound in the solvent.

4. The compound may be a racemic mixture.

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03
PYQ 2007
easy
chemistry ID: neet-200

CH3— CHCl—CH2—CH3 has a chiral center. Which one of the following represents its R configuration?

1.
2.
3.
4.

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04
PYQ 2008
easy
chemistry ID: neet-200

How many stereoisomers does this molecule have?

CH3CH = CHCH2 CHBrCH3

1. 4

2. 6

3. 8

4. 2

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05
PYQ 2009
easy
chemistry ID: neet-200

Which of the following compounds will exhibit cis-trans (geometrical) isomerism?

1. 2-butene

2. Butanol

3. 2-butyne

4. 2-butenol

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06
PYQ 2015
easy
chemistry ID: neet-201

Two possible stereo-structures of CH3CHOH.COOH, that are optically active, called:

1. Diastereomers 2. Atropisomers
3. Enantiomers 4. Mesomers
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