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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

Sir in question 18 the answer given is option 3 but sir why is 1st option not correct coz racemic mixture also does not rotates light

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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8 Years ago
racemic mixture rotates the plane polarised light but coz its two enantiomeric pairs rotates the light by equal amounts in opposite directions so net overall rotation is zero
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