General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry
General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry
3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780073511245
Author: Janice Gorzynski Smith Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 15.7, Problem 15.19P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Whether the sample containing equal amounts of two enantiomers is optically active or not should be determined.

Concept introduction:

Optical activity is an effect of an optical isomer's interaction with plane-polarized light. There are certain substances which has the ability to rotate the plane of plane-polarized light as it passes through a solution, crystal, or liquid is said to be the optical activity.

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