Q. The number of optical isomers of $CH_{3}CH(OH)CH(OH)CHO$ is
A) Zero
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
Explanation
(d)
[image:12_image340.emf]Possible number of optical isomers $= 2^{n}$
$\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ = 2^{2} = 4$
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