Organic Chemistry
6th Edition
ISBN: 9781936221349
Author: Marc Loudon, Jim Parise
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 6, Problem 6.12P
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The observed optical rotation of the given solution of
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A carbon atom that has four nonequivalent atoms or groups attached to it is known as the chiral carbon atom. Chiral carbon centers are also called as asymmetric or stereogenic centers. A chiral molecule is an optically active molecule. It rotates the plane of a plane polarized light. The observed optical rotation of a compound is given as,
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Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.1PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.2PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.3PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.4PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.5PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.6PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.7PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.8PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.9PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.10P
Ch. 6 - Prob. 6.11PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.12PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.13PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.14PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.15PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.16PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.17PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.18PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.19PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.20PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.21PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.22PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.23PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.24PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.25PCh. 6 - Prob. 6.26APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.27APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.28APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.29APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.30APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.31APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.32APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.33APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.34APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.35APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.36APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.37APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.38APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.39APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.40APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.41APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.42APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.43APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.44APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.45APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.46APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.47APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.48APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.49APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.50APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.51APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.52APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.53APCh. 6 - Prob. 6.54AP
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