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What does the word “active” mean in nomenclature? And how do we know if a compound has an active radical?

Satviki Pathak , 10 Years ago
Grade 11
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Abhishek

Last Activity: 10 Years ago

if you mean optically active then it depends upon the chirality of carbonn. The molecule will said to be optically active if it conntains one or more chiral carbon i.e. the carbon having attached to  four different atoms or molecules.

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