JEE Advanced Chemistry question

Statement 1: The conversion of an optically active compound into its enantiomer is called Walden inversion. Statement 2: A racemic mixture is optically inactive due to internal compensation.

(A)Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is correct explanation for Statement 1
(B)Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is True; Statement 2 is not correct explanation for Statement 1
(C)Statement 1 is True, Statement 2 is FalseCorrect
(D)Statement 1 is False, Statement 2 is True

Answer: (C)

Solution

Walden inversion is indeed the name given to the conversion of an optically active compound into its enantiomer (a stereochemical inversion at a chiral centre, classically observed in certain -type substitution sequences) — Statement 1 is true. A racemic mixture (equal amounts of two enantiomers) is optically

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