Rémi Ouellette Blog #2
RESOLUTION OF RACEMIC MIXTURES Hi guys! It's still Rémi! For this blog post, I decided to write about something different from engineering. In fact, in chemistry class, I recently learned about enantiomers and diastereomers. So, I decided to read more on the subject. I read an article on the resolution of racemic mixtures because my teacher taught us it was an annoying process, and I wanted to learn more about it. Example of an enantiomer ((S)-2-hydroxypropanoic acid and (R)-2-hydroxypropanoic acid): My source for this post: https://chem.libretexts.org/Courses/Athabasca_University/Chemistry_350%3A_Organic_Chemistry_I/05%3A_Stereochemistry_at_Tetrahedral_Centres/5.08%3A_Racemic_Mixtures_and_the_Resolution_of_Enantiomers Important organic chemistry vocabulary: Chiral carbon: A chiral carbon is a carbon atom linked with four different atoms or moieties. If a molecule contains a chiral atom, the molecule is said to be chiral. It will deviate polarized light. S or R configuration: