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5.66 A mixture contains equal amounts of compounds A-D. a. Which compounds alone are optically active? b. If the mixture was

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a. All compounds are optically active since all compounds have non superimposable mirror images.

b. Two fractions can be obtained. This is because diastereomer and enantiomer has same boiling point, here A and C are enantiomer; B is the diastereomer of both A and C, so A, B and C have same boiling point. Therefor D comes as one    fraction and A, B & C comes as another fraction.

c. Both fractions are optically active. Here in one fraction C alone is optically active. In other fraction Optical activity of A and C cancels each other since they are enantiomers but B shows optical activity.

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