C8.1:In a classic experiment in physical organic chemistry, (R)-2-iodooctane was allowed to react with a radioactive isotope of iodide ion, and the researchers monitored how fast the radioactive iodid...C8.1:In a classic experiment in physical organic chemistry, (R)-2-iodooctane was allowed to react with a radioactive isotope of iodide ion, and the researchers monitored how fast the radioactive iodide was incorporated into the alkane (the rate of incorporation, k i ) and also how fast optical activity was lost (the rate of racemization, k r ).
