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QAIPMT-2007-Ch-2322: NEET 2007 Chemistry - Class 11 AIPMT-2007-Ch-2322 Solution: If there is no rotation of plane polarised light by a compound…
If there is no rotation of plane polarised light by a compound in a specific solvent, through to be chiral, it may mean than the compound is
Multiple Choice Options
- A certainly meso
- B there is no compound in the solvent
- C may be a racemic mixture
- D certainly a chiral.
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Compounds which do not show optical
activity inspite of the presence of chiral carbon
atoms are called meso-compounds. The absence
of optical activity in these compound is due to
the presence of a plane of symmetry in their
molecules. e.g. meso-tartaric acid is optically
inactive.