Achiral and Chiral Compounds - B and D

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Compounds B and D both have no chiralaty centers - but it seems to me that B has a plane of symmetry so it's achiral, and D has no plane of symmetry so it's chiral. I always thought though, that if a compound has no chiral centers then you can say with conffidence it's achiral. Is my analysis for B and D correct? And can you say anything with certeinty about a compound with no chiralaty centers?
 

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