Answer to Question #128596 in Organic Chemistry for Moreen

Question

16. A mixture of equal amounts of two enantiomers __________.

A) Is called a racemic mixture

B) Is optically inactive

C) Implies that the enantiomers are meso forms

D) Both A and B

E) None of the above

17. Which of the following is chiral?

A) cis-1-bromo-3-chlorocyclobutane

B) cis-1, 4-dimethylcyclohexane

C) trans-1, 3-dimethylcyclohexane

D) trans-1-bromo-3-chlorocyclobutane

E) cis-1, 3-dimethylcyclohexane

20. Which of the statements below correctly describes an achiral molecule?

A) The molecule might be a meso form.

B) The molecule has a nonsuperimposable mirror image.

C) The molecule exhibits optical activity when it interacts with plane-polarized light.

D) The molecule has an enantiomer.

E) None of the above.

Answer 1

16. D) Both A and B

17. C) trans-1, 3-dimethylcyclohexane

20. A) The molecule might be a meso form.