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Card 6

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What is a racemic mixture?

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Card 7

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What happens when plane-polarised light is passed through a solution of just one chiral compound?

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Card 8

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What instrument is used by chemists to measure the rotations of monochromatic light?

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Card 9

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What happens when an optically active halogenoalkane reacts with a hydroxide group in an SN2 reaction mechanism?

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Card 10

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What happens if the optically active halogenoalkane and hydroxide ion react in an SN1 mechanism?

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