Chemistry A-Level
Optically active
What Optically active means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Optically active
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Capable of rotating the plane of plane-polarised light.
Topics that use Optically active
- Optical isomerism (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- attack from either side
- chiral molecules in an inactive mixture
- chirality
- Displayed formula
- enantiomers
- non-superimposable mirror images
- Optical isomerism
- racemic mixture
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