Answer to Question #153899 in Organic Chemistry for judith

Question #153899

Explain why the 2-hydroxy-2-methylbutanoic acid produced in this reaction is not optically active.

(The reaction is the incomplete mechanism in the conversion of Butanone into 2-hydroxy-2-methylbutanoic acid)


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2021-01-07T05:30:28-0500

HCN H2O/H+/Heat


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