JEE Main Chemistry question

Chemistry Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques JEE Main

Racemic compound has

(A)Equimolar mixture of enantiomersCorrect
(B)1:1 mixture of enantiomer and diastereomer
(C)1:1 mixture of diastereomers
(D)1:2 mixture of enantiomers

Answer: (A)

Solution

A racemic mixture is, by definition, a 1:1 (equimolar) mixture of a pair of enantiomers, with zero net optical rotation.

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