Answer to Question #182566 in Organic Chemistry for Sam

Question

For distinction standard, learners will carry out a methodical examination of selected  well-documented examples to provide appropriate evidence of optical isomers that have different chemical/therapeutic propertie

Answer 1

Optical isomers differ in the placement of substituted groups around one or more atoms of the molecule. They were given their name because of their interactions with plane-polarized light. Optical isomers are labeled enantiomers or diastereomers. Enantiomers are non-superimposable mirror images.