Question

The necessary condition for showing optical activity is the chirality of a molecule as a whole.

(a) True

(b) False

The question was posed to me in unit test.

I would like to ask this question from Optical Isomerism topic in section Structure and Stereostructure of Molecules of Engineering Chemistry I

Answer 1

The correct option is (a) True

The best I can explain: The necessary condition for showing optical activity is the chirality of a molecule as a whole. It is the most important condition for showing optical activity.