An organic compound C 8 H 10 O 2 rotates plane-polarized light. It produces pink color with neutral FeCl 3…

An organic compound C8H10O2 rotates plane-polarized light. It produces pink color with neutral FeCl3 solution. What is the total number of all the possible isomers for this compound?

Solution

Since compound C8H10O2 corresponds positively to neutral FeCl3 hence it will be a phenolic compound the possible structures which are optically active are as followed

Hence, total optically active isomers will be 6.

Asked in: JEE Advanced 2020 (Paper 2)

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