Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 20 - Sections 20.1-20.14 - Exercises - Conceptual Problems - Page 999: 122b

Answer

This is a chiral compound.

Work Step by Step

A chiral compound should have four different groups bonded to an asymmetric carbon aton. The second carbon has four different groups bonded to it ie. $CH_{3}$, $Cl$, $H$ and $CH(CH_{3})_{2}$. Hence, it is chiral.
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