An unknown sample is tested with a polarimeter for optical activity.The results of the test require movement of the analyzer.What samples would give this result?

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Pure enantiomers are optically active, meaning they rotate the plane of polarized light. Meso compounds and racemic mixtures are optically inactive; meso compounds are internally compensated and racemic mixtures have equal amounts of left and right rotating isomers, canceling each other's optical activity.

An Unknown Sample Is Tested with a Polarimeter for Optical