How many structural isomers of #C_6H_14# are optically active?

1 Answer
Jul 22, 2017

Well, hexanes generates 5 structural isomers......

Explanation:

I don't think any of the 5 are optically active: #"n-hexane"#; #"2-methylpentane"#; #"3-methylpentane"#; #"2,3-dimethylbutane"#; #"2,2-dimethylbutane"#. You should draw these out as line formulae and inspect them.