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Racemic tartaric acid is optically inactive due to

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a

internal compensation

b

external compensation

c

loss of asymmetric centre

d

a steric hindrance

answer is C.

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However, tartaric acid's racemic combination has no optical activity. The external adjustment of equal amounts of d- and l-tartaric acid is to blame for this.
Due to extrinsic compensation, racemic tartaric acid is optically inactive.

External compensation is the best choice, which is (B).

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