Question
Racemic mixtures occur mainly during which nucleophilic addition reaction and why?
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Answer
Racemic mixtures occur mainly during which nucleophilic addition reaction and why?
Occur during the nucleophilic addition reaction of aldehydes or ketones, and this is because there is an equal chance they will get attacked from either side due to the planar stereochemistry of the carbonyl carbon.
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