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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

Explain what is dextro-rotatory and levorotatory?.......

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5 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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5 Years ago
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Levorotation and Dextrorotation are referred to the properties of plane polarized light when light rotates clockwise when it approaches the observer is then known as dextro-rotation, and when the light rotates anti-clockwise then it is referred as levorotation.
A compound which exhibits a dextro-rotation is referred to as dextro-rotatory and which exhibits levorotation is referred to as levorotatory.


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