An enantiomerically pure acid is treated with racemic mixture of an alcohol having one chiral carbon. The ester formed will be

Optically active mixture

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Solution

The correct option is A Optically active mixture
It will be optically active because the chiral carbon atom of both acids & alcohol retain their configuration.

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