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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Pure (S)-2-butanol has a specific rotation of +13.52 degrees.
You have made and purified a sample that has a calculated specific rotation of +6.76 degrees.
What can you conclude about this sample?
A) the sample has completely racemized
B) 50% the sample has rearranged into a meso isomer
C) 50% of the sample has racemized
D) 75% of the sample has racemized

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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12 Years ago
Ans : (C) Thanks & Regards Akshay Meena, askIITians Faculty M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur