so answer should be 2 ????
Q5 How many optical isomers are possible for tartaric acid(COOHCHOHCHOHCOOH)?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 4
d) none of the above
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Dr.House
·2009-02-18 00:24:02
3 isomers are possible. out of this two are enantiomers and third s not optically active because of internal compensation. this third one is called as meso tartaric acis.
i think u can see that if u draw fischer projection formulae