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Organic Chemistry 1 Midterm - Part 3 of 3
SAMPLE

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5. Chirality / Optical Activity / Problem 10

(R)-Carvone is monoterpene responsible for the smell of spearmint. Considering the fact that (R)-carvone rotates the plane-polarized light in the counter-clockwise direction, answer the following questions:
(a) Should (R)-carvone be referred to as (d) or (l)?
(b) Should it be referred to as (+) or (−)?
(c) What would be the direction of rotation (d or l; + or −) for (S)-carvone?
(R)-Carvone molecular structure, relevant to optical activity in organic chemistry.

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