Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321809246
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Chapter 20 - Sections 20.1-20.14 - Exercises - Conceptual Problems - Page 999: 122a

Answer

Not chiral.

Work Step by Step

A chiral compound should have four different groups/atoms bonded to an asymmetric carbon atom. The carbon atom has 2 same groups bonded to it ie. CH3. Hence, it is not a chiral compound.
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