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racemic (racemic mixture ) -
A mixture of equal parts of the
levorotator (rotating plane-polarized light
counterclockwise) and dextrorotator isomers
of the the same substance. Racemic
mixtures are not opticall active . optical activity (optically active) A substance that is capable of rotating plane-polarized light. Molecules of an optically active substance cannot be superimposed on their own mirror images, just as your left hand cannot be superimposed on your right when both are held palm-down. enantiomers (optical isomers; stereoisomers) Two molecules that are nonsuperimposable mirror images of each other. One enantiomer rotates plane-polarized light to the left; the other rotates it to the right.
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