Define the following (i) Racemic mixture (ii) Chirality

1.	Define the following (i) Racemic mixture (ii) Chirality
Answer» (i) A mixture containing two enantiomers in equal proportions will have zero optical rotation, are called as racemic mixture (or) racemic modification (ii) The property of a molecule of being non-superimposible on its mirror image is known as Chirality.

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(i) A mixture containing two enantiomers in equal proportions will have zero optical rotation, are called as racemic mixture (or) racemic modification

(ii) The property of a molecule of being non-superimposible on its mirror image is known as Chirality.

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Define the following (i) Racemic mixture (ii) Chirality

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