Does there exist a chiral compound with zero optical activity? It seems possible that for some (chiral) arrangement of atoms, the optical activity of one section of the molecule could be compensated by another section of the molecule, even if these two sections are not mirror images of each other. Although this is just a mathematical coincidence, does any chiral molecule even come close to an optical activity of zero?

Does there exist a chiral compound with zero optical activity? It seems possible that for some (chiral) arrangement of atoms, the optical activity of one section of the molecule could be exactly compensated by another section of the molecule, even if these two sections are not mirror images of each other. Although this is just a mathematical coincidence, does any chiral molecule have an optical activity of exactly zero?

Does there exist a chiral compound with zero optical activity? It seems possible that for some (chiral) arrangement of atoms, the optical activity of one section of the molecule could be compensated by another section of the molecule, even if these two sections are not mirror images of each other. Although this is just a mathematical coincidence, does any chiral molecule even comes close to an optical activity of zero?

Does there exist a chiral compound with zero optical activity? It seems possible that for some (chiral) arrangement of atoms, the optical activity of one section of the molecule could be compensated by another section of the molecule, even if these two sections are not mirror images of each other. Although this is just a mathematical coincidence, does any chiral molecule even come close to an optical activity of zero?