Which one of the following compounds is optically inactive?

  • A
    $3-$chlorobut$-1-$ene
  • B
    $2,3-$dichlorobutane
  • C
    $2-$hydroxypropanoic acid
  • D
    $2,2-$dichloropentane

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Find the enantiomers of the structures in Column-$(I)$ from Column-$(II)$.
Column-$(I)$Column-$(II)$
$(A)$ $C_2H_5-C(CH_3)(OH)-H$$(p)$ $Cl-C(Br)(I)-H$
$(B)$ $Br-C(Cl)(I)-H$$(q)$ $OH-C(CH_3)(C_2H_5)-H$
$(r)$ $H_5C_2-C(OH)(CH_3)-H$
$(s)$ $Cl-C(I)(Br)-H$

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$d-$tartaric acid and $l-$tartaric acid are

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How many carbon atoms in the molecule $HCOO-(CHOH)_2-COOH$ are asymmetric?

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