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Sucrose Has a Specific Rotation of +66

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Sucrose has a specific rotation of +66.5° at 25° . A solution of an unknown pure substance in ethanol (c=4.62 g/10 mL) shows an observed rotation of +20.4°. Is it possible that the substance is sucrose? Recall that [α]=α/cl , where [α] is the specific rotation, α is the observed rotation, the path length, l , is 1 decimeter; and c is the concentration of the sample.


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