Reason for optical activity(of optical isomers)

saurya_mishra · Feb 14, 2006

Can anyone tell me the reason why an enatiomer rotates the plane of polarised light? Or at least tell me where i can read more on the reason why some compounds exibit optical activity.

Thanx
Saurya

movies · Feb 14, 2006

There is some discussion of this in another thread:

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=52941

Reason for optical activity(of optical isomers)

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