Which of the following is a characteristic of optical isomers?
Correct Answer: Optical isomers rotate plane-polarized light in opposite directions.
- Step 1: Understand what optical isomers are. They are molecules that are mirror images of each other.
- Step 2: Learn about plane-polarized light. This is light that vibrates in only one direction.
- Step 3: Know that when optical isomers are placed in the path of plane-polarized light, they affect the light differently.
- Step 4: One optical isomer will rotate the light in a clockwise direction, while the other will rotate it in a counterclockwise direction.
- Step 5: This property of rotating light in opposite directions is a key characteristic of optical isomers.
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