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1
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Draw out flow chart to determine type of isomer

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2
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A chiral molecule is ____ active and (can/cannot) rotate polarized light. What types of isomers does this include?

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Optically, can

chiral molecules that can rotate polarized light include enantiomers and diastereomers

3
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Achiral molecules cannot rotate plane polarized light. These include what types of compounds?

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racemic mixtures, compounds with no stereochemistry, and meso compounds

4
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A chemist is trying to separate a pair of enantiomers. What lab technique can he do to achieve this?

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Polarimetry

***Note that enantiomers are hard to separate because they have similar chemical properties!

Diastereomers have different chemical properties from one another and thus are easier to separate