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Question:
explain why 2,3 pentadiene is an optical isomer
Answer:

Alkenes with 2 C=C double bonds in a row are called cumulated dienes or allenes. When the two outer doubly bound carbons each have two different groups attached then the molecule lacks a plane of symmetry and is chiral. Mirror-image forms of CH3CH=C=CHCH3 are shown below. No matter how you try to line them up a methyl group superimposes on a hydrogen (and vice versa) - they are non-superimposable and, therefore, enantiomers.

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