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Which of the Following Statements Is TRUE

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Which of the following statements is TRUE?


A) Optical activity describes the property of a chiral compound to rotate the plane of polarized light.
B) Two enantiomers differ significantly in physical properties. This difference is the basis for the separation of the two enantiomers from a racemic mixture.
C) A racemic mixture is an optically active mixture of two enantiomers.
D) It is possible to determine if an enantiomer is the levorotatory or dextrorotatory isomer by analyzing its infrared spectrum.
E) If an enantiomer has an S absolute configuration then it must be the levorotatory isomer.

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