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PROPERTIES
Properties of Optical Isomers:
• The relative arrangements of the atoms in the molecule is
the same in each of the optical isomers (they
are just mirror images)
• The physical and chemical properties of
enantiomers (optical isomers) will therefore be essentially identical - unless the environment is chiral.
enantiomers (optical isomers) will therefore be essentially identical - unless the environment is chiral.
• Separation of optical isomers involves chromatography
using chiral resolving agents or fractional crystallization.
