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What is a necessary condition to determine mirror images of optical isomers?
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∙ 14y ago
To create enantiomers, the chiral carbon and its attached groups must be non-superimposable. The typical example would be to use our hands as an example: both hands facing down would be mirror images of each other. However, putting one hand on top of the other would be non-superimposable.
When the isomer of one molecule is added to its enantiomer, its optical rotation disappears and becomes racemic--achiral.
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∙ 14y agoFor optical isomerism one of the two factor is essential 1- asymmetric carbon (a carbon attached to four different groups) or 2- asymmetry of the molecule, i,e half of the molecule is non super-impossible mirror image of other half.
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