Rationalised 2023-24
177 Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Butan-2-ol has four different groups attached to
the tetrahedral carbon and as expected is chiral Some common
examples 
of 
chiral 
molecules 
such 
as
2-chlorobutane, 2, 3-dihyroxypropanal, (OHC–CHOH–CH2OH),
bromochloro-iodomethane (BrClCHI), 2-bromopropanoic acid
(H3C–CHBr–COOH), etc Fig 6