JEE Main Chemistry question

Which statement about enantiomorphs (enantiomers) is **incorrect**?

(A)They rotate the plane of polarised light in different (opposite) directions
(B)They have mostly identical physical properties
(C)They have the same configurationCorrect
(D)They have different biological properties (e.g., in a chiral environment)

Answer: (C)

Solution

By definition, a pair of enantiomers have *opposite* (mirror-image) configurations at every stereocentre, not the same configuration; statement (C) is therefore the incorrect one.

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Question ID VK-140009