please give me a simple definition or concept about optically active and optically inactive

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please give me a simple definition or concept about optically active and optically inactive

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A    chiral    compound    is    one    that    contains    at    least    one    chiral    center
. A    chiral    center    is    a    carbon    that    is    
connected    to    four    different    alkyl    groups. So    to    �ind    the    chiral    centers    of    a    large    molecule, you    have    to
go    carbon    to    carbon    and    see    if    all    four    bonds    are    connected    to    different    things. Also, if    the    compound
is    chiral    then    it    is    by    de�inition    optically    active,...
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