Question

define the terms with suitable example
1) Enantiomers
2) Racemic mixture​

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Enantiomers-Enantiomers are chiral molecules that are mirror images of one another. Furthermore, the molecules are non-superimposable on one another. This means that the molecules cannot be placed on top of one another and give the same molecule. Chiral molecules with one or more stereocenters can be enantiomers. A common example of a pair of enantiomers is dextro lactic acid and laevo lactic acid.

Racemic mixture-In chemistry, a racemic mixture, or racemate, is one that has equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule. The first known racemic mixture was racemic acid, which Louis Pasteur found to be a mixture of the two enantiomeric isomers of tartaric acid.Examples include thalidomide, ibuprofen, cetirizine and salbutamol.

Answer 2

Answer:

1. Enantiomers are each of a pair of molecules that are mirror image of each other.

2. Racemic Mixture is one that has equal amount of left and right handed enantiomers of chrial molecules.