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What is a racemic mixture?

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What is a racemic mixture?
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Gaurav Seth 6 years, 9 months ago

 A mixture of equal amounts of two enantiomers is known as racemic mixture.  For example: When a 3° halide undergoes substitution with KOH, the reaction proceeds through SN 1 mechanism forming the racemic mixture in which one of the products has the same configuration as a reactant, while the other product has an inverted configuration. 

  

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