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How do you know if a compound is identical or enantiomers?


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The differences between identical and enantiomeric compound is given below:

S. No.Identical CompoundEnantiomeric compound
1A compound is said to be an identical compound when it is exactly the same and cannot be differentiated.A compound is said to be an enantiomer when the compound is non-superimposible mirror images of each other.
2Identical compounds are optically inactiveEnantiomeric compounds are optically active.
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