optical isomers Flashcards
1
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what are optical isomers
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type of sterioisomers where four different structure attactched to one carbon atom r
2
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what are enantiomers
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a pair of optical isomers that are super non imposable mirror images of each oter
3
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why are they called optical isomers
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because they differ in the way tah tthey rotate the plane of lght
4
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what is racemate mixure
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when two optical isomers are present in equal abundance 50/50 they rotate polarised light in opposite ways so overall cancel out so has no effect
5
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how do optical isomers play a part in drug industry
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the optical isomers formed only one is effective and the other is inactive
6
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how do we separate optical isomers
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we can try separate but this may be expensive
