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What are racemates?
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Solution
Racemic mixture or Racemates:
A mixture of equimolar amounts of dextro and laevo rotatory forms of same optically active substance is called racemic mixure or racemates. It is optically inactive due to external compensation. It is represented as `(+-)` or 'dl'.
eg. dl - lactic acid or `(+-)`- lactic acid.
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