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Answer» `HO-underset(H)underset(|)overset(H)overset(|)(C)-CO_(2)H` `H_(3)C-underset(OH)underset(|)overset(H)overset(|)(C)-CO_(2)H` `H_(3)C-underset(H)underset(|)overset(CH_(3))overset(|)(C)-COOH` `H_(3)C-underset(CI)underset(|)overset(CH_(3))overset(|)(C)-CO_(2)H` Solution :`H_(3)C-overset(H)overset(|)underset(OH)underset(|)(C^**)-COOH`, The central C - ATOM of the given compound is chiral. Hence, this molecule is not superimposable on its mirror image. THEREFORE, it will exhibit optical isomerism.
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