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Interpretation: (a) The Lewis structures of the alkane having seven carbon chain and one methyl as a side chain have to be drawn. (b) The chiral carbon containing structures among them are to be identified.
Concept introduction:
Structural Isomers are the structure of a molecule with same molecular formula but have different arrangements of bonds and atoms. For a single molecular formula of
A chiral carbon is the carbon atom which is substituted to four different groups. Due to presence of chiral carbon a molecule become chiral and it gives optical isomers also that is
All the substituents are different hence is is a chiral carbon and so molecule.
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