Given the compounds 3-methyl-1-pentene and trans-3-methyl-2-pentene, which of the following statements is true?

A) Only 3-methyl-1-pentene is chiral.
B) Only trans-3-methyl-2-pentene is chiral.
C) Both are chiral.
D) Neither is chiral.


A

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