Question

Discuss optical isomerism in tartaric acid.

Answer 1

Answer: answer given

Explanation:

Answer 2

Answer:

The hydroxy acid has three optical isomers out of which two are optically The acid has three optical isomers out of which two are optically active, enantiomers and thus the opposite is optically inactive, meso compound.

Explanation:

• optical isomers are compounds having the identical atoms and bonds but in several spatial arrangements and might have non-superimposable mirror images. These non-superimposable mirror images are called enantiomers.
• An optically active compound exists in two isomeric forms that rotate the plane-polarized light in opposite directions. they're called optical isomers and thus the phenomenon is called optical isomerism.
• Tartaric acid contains two chiral carbon atoms.
• Four styles of acid are known, of which two are optically active and two are optically inactive. the two optically active forms are mirror images of each other but not superimposable, that is, they're Enantiomers.
• $(+)-$Tartaric Acid: Rotate the $PPL$ to the right (clockwise) and is dextrorotatory, $(-)-$Tartaric Acid: Rotate the $PPL$ to the left (anti-clockwise) and be levorotatory.
• Meso-Tartaric Acid: It possesses a plane of symmetry and is optically inactive.

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