Examples of optical isomers under dextrorotatory and levorotatory ?

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anor277
Mar 5, 2018

Well, #"dextrorotatory"#, and #"laevorotatory"# refer SOLELY to the direction in which a solution of the compound rotates plane-polarized light.

Explanation:

And if the solution rotates the plane to the RIGHT, with respect to the mincers of the observer, the compound is #"dextrorotatory"#, and if to the left, then #"laevorotatory"#.

As far as I know there is no necessary relationship between the direction of the rotation, and the absolute handedness of the chiral centre.

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