True / False

2, 3, 4-trichloropentane has three asymmetric carbon atoms.

ATrue
BFALSE
Correct Answer

Solution

2,3,4 trichloropentane 2,4 cetre are chiral but $${ 3 }^{ rd }$$ centre is pseudo chiral. It depends on the configuration of 2 & 4 so, the statement is false.

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