Question

What properties would you expect to be different for the two enantiomers of 2-pentanol?

Answer 1

Answer: direction of rotation of plane polarized light and reaction with chiral reagents.

Explanation:

Enantiomers are stereoisimers which are mirror images of each other. They possess the same physical and chemical properties except that the direction of rotation of plane polarized light and reaction with chiral reagents. (+)-2-pentanol will rotate plane polarized light to the right and react with dextrorotatory enantiomers of chiral reagents while (-)-2-pentanol will rotate plane polarized light to the left and react with leavorotatory enantiomers of chiral reagents.