A chiral center is an atom with
A) two different functional groups and a strong dipole.
B) four different functional groups and which lacks a plane of symmetry.
C) all the same functional groups and a plane of symmetry.
D) the ability to hydrogen bond.

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A chiral center is an atom with four different functional groups, which lacks a plane of symmetry. This means that it cannot be superimposed on its mirror image and is therefore optically active. Choices A and D do not correctly describe a chiral center, and choice C describes a meso compound, which has a plane of symmetry and is therefore not chiral.

A Chiral Center Is an Atom with