Properties of Enantiomers Chemical Differences

Subscripts and superscripts are used to denote the wavelength and temperature of the measurement. Thus, [a] means the sodium D line was used and the measurement was made at 20 °C. 

PROBLEM 4.6 Create a scheme like those in Rgures 4.19 and 4.20 to show what happens when plane-polarized light is passed through a solution of racemic 3-methylhexane. 

Now let s look at how the two enantiomers of a chiral molecule differ from each other chemically. We still can t discuss specific chemical reactions, but we can make some important general distinctions. Note that there is no difference in how the two enantiomers of 3-methylhexane interact with a Spaldeen, an old-fashioned smooth 

FIGURE 4.22 (i )-and ( 5 3-methylhexane interact identically with the achiral Spaldeen. 

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