Asked by Tabitha Lester on Jul 31, 2024
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A mixture of equal amounts of two enantiomers ________.
A) is called a racemic mixture
B) is optically inactive
C) implies that the enantiomers are meso forms
D) both A and B
E) none of the above
Racemic Mixture
A mixture containing equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule, showing no optical activity as a whole.
Enantiomers
Stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other but cannot be superimposed, differing in the configuration around one or more chiral centers.
- Acquire knowledge on chirality and its consequences in chemical substances.
- Acquire knowledge on how chiral centers are related to optical activity.
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Zybrea KnightAug 03, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
A mixture of equal amounts of two enantiomers is called a racemic mixture, and it is optically inactive because the two enantiomers rotate plane-polarized light in opposite directions and cancel out each other's optical activity.
Learning Objectives
- Acquire knowledge on chirality and its consequences in chemical substances.
- Acquire knowledge on how chiral centers are related to optical activity.