GENERAL

• WHY DO OPTICAL ISOMERS EXIST?

  rotate planes of polarised light opposite ways
• WHAT WAY DO POSITIVE OPTICAL ISOMERS ROTATE A PLANE OF POLARISED LIGHT?

  clockwise
• WHAT WAY DO NEGATIVE OPTICAL ISOMERS ROTATE A PLANE OF POLARISED LIGHT?

  anticlockwise
• WHAT ARE OPTICAL ISOMERS CLASSED AS?

  chiral
• WHAT ARE TWO PAIRS OF OPTICAL ISOMERS CALLED?

  enantiomers
• WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CARBON WITH 4 DIFFERENT GROUPS ATTACHED?

  chiral centre
• WHAT IS THE CHIRAL CARBON REPRESENTED WITH?

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