Why does CH3CH(OH)CHO exhibit optical isomerism to CH3CH2COOH

[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-11-04] [Hit: ]

Is it because CH3CH(OH)CHO is chiral? What makes it chiral? What is the lewis structure?

the middle C in your sequence is chiral

it is attached to 4 diffferent groups - that is what makes it chiral
-OH
-H
-CH3
-COH

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