JEE Advanced 2007 Chemistry question

STATEMENT-1 : Molecules that are not superimposable on their mirror images are chiral. because STATEMENT-2 : All chiral molecules have chiral centres.

(A)Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is a correct explanation for Statement-1
(B)Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is True; Statement-2 is NOT a correct explanation for Statement-1
(C)Statement-1 is True, Statement-2 is FalseCorrect
(D)Statement-1 is False, Statement-2 is True

Answer: (C)

Solution

Statement-1 is the definition of chirality: true. Statement-2 is false: some chiral molecules have no chiral (stereogenic) centre, e.g.

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