Question

What are racemic mixture? Discuss their resolution involving the formation of diastereomers .

Answer 1

Answer:

For example, if you have a racemic or D,L mixture of enantiomers of an acid and convert this to a salt with a chiral base having the D configuration, the salt will be a mixture of two diastereomers, (D acid . D base) and (L acid . D base). These diastereomeric salts are not identical and they are not mirror images.