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Q: Is chirality synonymus with optical activity?
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Which compound without chirality gives optical activity?

touluene All Biphenyls and Allenes are optically active without a chiral center


What is the necessary condition for a molecule to exibit optical activity?

The molecule must have chirality - an assymetry in which the molecule can't be turned around to look like its mirror image.


What does synonymus mean?

Same


Methanol exhibiting optical activity?

No


What is the cause of optical activity?

Optical activity happens in a solution with components of quartz, sugar or certain gases. It is when the plane of linearly polarized light is turns to the direction of movement through the components.


What is biochirality?

Biochirality is the chirality - of biological molecules, especially the study of the genesis of such chirality - the phenomenon by which two biological molecules are symmetrical.


What does chirality term mean in chemistry?

Chiral intermediate is an atom having totally different groups around it. Carbon atom for example surrouned by 4 different groups.


What has the author Dennis J Caldwell written?

Dennis J. Caldwell has written: 'The theory of optical activity' -- subject(s): Optical rotation


Conscious perception of vision probably reflects activity in the?

optical lobe of the cortex


What areThe uses of a polarimeter?

The instrument is used to measure the optical activity of a sample.


Why do some isomers lack optical activity?

doesnt have the right number of neutrons


How many chirality centers are there for psicose?

Psicose has four chiral carbon atoms, so it has four chirality centers.