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Levorotatory

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An optically active compound that rotates the plane of plane-polarized light counterclockwise, observed toward the light leaving the compound, is said to be levorotatory (symbol: l or -)

eg:

(R)–Lactic acid: (1) is levorotatory

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see also dextrorotatory


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