A mixture of equal amounts of two enantiomers ________.

A) is called a racemic mixture
B) is optically inactive
C) implies that the enantiomers are meso forms
D) both A and B
E) none of the above

Racemic Mixture

A mixture containing equal amounts of left- and right-handed enantiomers of a chiral molecule, showing no optical activity as a whole.

Enantiomers

Stereoisomers that are mirror images of each other but cannot be superimposed, differing in the configuration around one or more chiral centers.