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Demonstration of Optical Rotatory Dispersion of Sucrose

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R. N. Compton

Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996

S. M. Mahurin

Department of Physics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996

R. N. Zare

Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-5080

J. Chem. Educ., 1999, 76 (9), p 1234

DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1234

Publication Date (Web): September 1, 1999

Abstract

A method for demonstrating and measuring the optical activity of chiral molecules in solution is described in which the rotation of linearly polarized light is directly observed at right angles to the propagation of light in the liquid. The specific rotation is accurately determined from a plot of the intensity of laser light scattering (Tyndall and Rayleigh scattering) as a function of distance along the light path. As an example, the optical rotatory dispersion curve for sucrose is reported.

Keywords (Audience):

First-Year Undergraduate / General

Keywords (Domain):

Physical Chemistry

Keywords (Feature):

Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory

Keywords (Subject):

Instrumental Methods

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