ABC26OR0059 · General Organic Chemistry

Subject: Organic Chemistry · Chapter: General Organic Chemistry · Topic: Stereochemistry R S E Z · Exam: CSIR-NET DEC 2018 · Marks: 2 · Difficulty: Medium

Oxidation of A with $\mathrm{HNO}_{3} / \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}$ provides the product (s), which is (are) structure A
(a)Optically active as it is racemic mixture
(b)Optically inactive as it is meso
(c)Optically active as it is a single diastereomer
(d)Optically active as it is a single enantiomer
Answer
Answer (as printed): B
Explanation
Write the given structure in fischer projection.

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