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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)

Expert's answer

HCN H2O/H⁺/Heat

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