Question

Explain the term racemic mixture and co-ordination sphere.

Answer 1

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 mixturewas racemic acid, which Louis Pasteur found to be a mixture of the two enantiomeric isomers of tartaric acid.


Is racemic mixture is it optically active give reason
↔This is due to the fact that in equimolecular mixture of enantiomeric pairs, the rotation caused by the molecules of one enantiomer is cancelled by the rotation caused by the molecules of other enantiomer. This type of compensation of opticalrotation in a racemic mixture is called as external compensation.

Answer 2

In chemistry, a racemic mixture, or racemate (/reɪˈsiːmeɪt, rə-, ˈræsɪmeɪt/), 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.