Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives 1 Question 8
9. An enantiomerically pure acid is treated with racemic mixture of an alcohol having one chiral carbon. The ester formed will be
$(2003, S, 1 M)$
(a) optically active mixture
(b) pure enantiomer
(c) meso compound
(d) racemic mixture
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Solution:
Reaction occur at planar $s p^{2}$ carbon giving racemic mixture of product.
