Question

What is an example of an achiral compound?

Answer 1

A compound that is not chiral.

Explanation:

Chiral compounds exhibit chirality . Such compounds are optical isomers. They have the ability to rotate plane polarised light either clockwise or anti-clockwise. They can be identified by having four different groups or atoms attached to a central carbon atom.

Achiral compounds do not have four different groups or atoms attached to a central carbon and so do not rotate plane polarised light.