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What are the necessary conditions for optical activity? Give an example of optically active molecules.

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Necessary conditions for optical activity:

(i) The compound must contain an asymmetrical carbon atom.

(ii) The molecule must contain a chiral axis.

(iii) The molecule must possess a chiral plane.

(iv) The molecule does not possess any elements of symmetry.

Examples of optically active compounds:

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