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Offline Ohoneo

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Question about observed and specific rotation
« on: July 13, 2010, 07:19:54 AM »
If the observed specific rotation of (R)-tomordene -42.36% and the specific rotation of (R)-tomurdene is -58.10, what is the percent of the compound present?

I ended up finding optical purity instead of the percent of compound present so I'm really confused as to how I am supposed to find this.
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Offline Ohoneo

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Re: Question about observed and specific rotation
« Reply #1 on: July 13, 2010, 07:50:40 AM »
Never mind, I figured it out :) I'm still confused as to why it works, but at least I know how to get the answer.
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Re: Question about observed and specific rotation
« Reply #2 on: July 13, 2010, 09:45:45 AM »
Do you have any questions about what's confusing you?
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