Non-Superimposability || Optical Activity

Plane Polarized Light And Optical Activity|Optical Activity|Molecular Asymmetry And Chirality Of Objects|Chiral Carbon Or Asymmetric Centre|Summary

Identification OF chirality|| Optically ACtive Compound

The compound 1- (N-ethyl-N-methyl)- propanamine forms non-superimposable mirror images . But this compound does not show optical activity because of the :

The essential condition of optical activity is :

Optically active 2- octanol rapidly loses its optical activity when exposed to :

Assertion: Lactic acid is is optically active. Reason: A symmetry in the inner structure of the organic compound causes optical activity.

Isomerism - Optically Active Compounds