Optical Isomers | Explained | Full Topic | A level Chemistry

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Optical Isomers.

A level Chemistry.

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00:29 Isomers Overview
02:30 What are Optical Isomers?
04:40 Chiral = Hands
05:44 Drawing Optical Isomers
06:35 What is Optical Activity?
08:02 Rotating Plane-Polarised Light
10:53 Racemic Mixtures
12:02 Why do Racemic Mixtures form?
14:22 Why does Optical isomerism matter?
17:30 Is it Optically Active? [1]
21:28 Is it Optically Active? [2]