What is a dextrorotatory compound?
Dextrorotatory compounds- Dextrorotatory compounds are the substances that rotate the plane-polarized light in the clockwise direction, these compounds are prefixed with '' or ‘’.
Levorotatory compounds- Levorotatory compounds are the substances that rotate the plane-polarized light in the anti-clockwise direction, these compounds are prefixed with '' or ‘’.
Example- L-alanine is dextrorotatory in nature.