15-02-09 Is this carbon Chiral or Achiral?

now see the diag does it matter whether the relative positions of the methyls which you've indicated ? hopefully I'm not wrong .

the central carbon is achiral but the molecule is chiral.
hopefully this makes it clear.

is 2nd one having a center of symmetry????

i think it is having...

no the moleucule cannot ahve a centre of symmetry .

it's chiral whatever you do try superimpoesing it's mirro image

am i correct?????

oh sorry guys realised my mistake .

the Q was whether the central carbon is chiral or not . answer is no . but molecule is chiral . sorry for creating confusion . sorry [2][2][2][2]

the above one is an example.

chiral molecules are always optically active .

and a chiral centre is not a necesstiy for a chiral molecule.

is it necessary that chiral or achiral molecule will b optically active?

ur post no 14 is surely correct....

it's a spiro alkane no that's why I thought so correct me if I'm wrong.

first molecule is achiral...drawn by priyam...so it sud b optically active...??

no . the molecule is chiral remember that the carbon is like the one shown in daig . always think 3-D .

will there b any optical activity due to carbon no. 1????

cant say without the 3d representation??

if you go from any position there is always another identical way as shown by 1,2,3,4. Therefore central carbon is achiral. but the other carbons indicated by diag. are chiral