Answer to Question #92884 in Organic Chemistry for Udeme

Question

In one sentence, comment on the physical and chemical properties of (D)2-bromo butan-2-ol and (L) 2-bromo butan-2-ol

Answer 1

This two substances are enantiomers, which means that in a symmetric environment they have identical chemical and physical properties except for their ability to rotate plane-polarized light(+/−) by equal amounts but in opposite directions, but they have different chemical reactions with other enantiomer substances.