optical isomerism

1...do chirality and optically activity mean the same ???????

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govind ·

No they are not the same thing....though they are related to each other...but if a compound has chiral carbons that doesnt mean that it will be optically active in all cases as in case of meso compounds...and sometimes a compound is optically active even if dont have an chiral centre...

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