Hexahelicene seems a poor candidate for optical activity because all its carbon atomsare sp2hybrids and presumably flat. Nevertheless, hexahelicene has been synthesized and separated into enantiomers. Its optical rotation is enormous: [a]D = 3700°.Explain why hexahelicene is optically active, and speculate as to why the rotation isso large

Hexahelicene seems a poor candidate for optical activity because all its carbon atomsare sp2hybrids and presumably flat. Nevertheless, hexahelicene has been synthesized and separated into enantiomers. Its optical rotation is enormous: [a]D = 3700°.Explain why hexahelicene is optically active, and speculate as to why the rotation isso large

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Chapter23: Amines

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