Optical Isomers

Question 1

What is stereoisomers and what are the two types

Answer 1

it is when isomers have the same structural formula but different arrangement in space,
the two types are Geometric isomers and optical isomers

Question 2

what is an optical isomer and how does it occur

Answer 2

it occurs in a carbon compound containing a chiral carbon ( a carbon attached to 4 different groups) it is a asymmetric carbon.

Question 3

what are 2 compounds which are optical isomers of each other

Answer 3

enantiomers

Question 4

what are enantiomers

Answer 4

they are non super imposable mirror images and they differ in their effects towards a plane polarised light.

Question 5

Optical isomers have the same ——— and ———-
but have different ——-

Answer 5

Physical and chemical properties, however they rotate to a plane polarised light in different directions

Question 6

What is a race mate or racemic mixture

Answer 6

It is a mixture containing equal amounts of two isomers is optically inactive because the two items is cancelled each other out

Question 7

what is the method to detect optically active compounds

Answer 7

PLANE polarised light

Question 8

how to distinguish between optical isomers

Answer 8

plane polarised light,
one rotates light clockwise and the other rotates anticlockwise

Question 9

whats a racemate/racemic mixture

Answer 9

a mixture of equal enantiomers

Question 10

do racemates rotate to plane polarised light

Answer 10

no they do not