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A chiral sample gives a rotation that is close to 180. How can one tell whether this
Chapter 5, Problem PROBLEM 5-10(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
A chiral sample gives a rotation that is close to 180. How can one tell whether this rotation is +180 or -180?
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QUESTION:
A chiral sample gives a rotation that is close to 180. How can one tell whether this rotation is +180 or -180?
ANSWER:Step 1 of 2
The given compound is classified as a chiral compound. Hence, this compound has the ability to rotate the plane of polarized light in both the directions, which are clockwise direction and anti-clockwise directions. If the compound rotates in the clockwise direction, then this compound is referred to as dextrorotatory, on the contrary in the compound rotates in the clockwise direction then the compound is referred to as laevorotatory.