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Chapter 5: Question 5.33 (page 281)

(+)-Tartaric acid has a specific rotation of +12.0掳. Calculate the specific rotation of a mixture of 68% (+)@tartaric acid and 32% (-)@tartaric acid.

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Specific rotation = 4.3

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01

Introduction

The optical purity of a mixture is defined as the ratio of its rotation to the rotation of a pure enantiomer. The enantiomeric excess (e.e.) is a more common method for expressing the relative amounts of enantiomers in a mixture. To compute the enantiomeric excess of a mixture, we calculate the excess of the predominant enantiomer as a percentage of the entire mixture.

02

Optical Rotation

o.p. = e.e. = |d-l|x 100%

|d+l|

(Where, o.p = optical purity, e.e=enantiomeric excess,d=68% and l=32%)

03

Enantiomeric excess

e.e = 68-32 x 100 = 36%

68+32

04

Optical rotation of mixture

Therefore,

Optical rotation of this mixture = 36% x (+12.0掳)

= 4.3

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