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Van't Hoff and Le Bel argued in 1874 that the four valencies of carbon are arranged how?
ASquare planar
BTrigonal planar
COctahedral
DTetrahedral
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Tetrahedral
A tetrahedral carbon with four different groups has a non-superimposable mirror image, explaining optical activity.
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