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Pick Your Poison

Naturally occurring tartaric acid is found in the levo (L-) form (pictured below). If given a sample of optically pure tartaric acid of unknown isomeric form, which laboratory instrument or technique would you use to determine its identity?


A. UV-Vis Spectrophotometer.

B. Polarimeter.

C. NMR Spectroscopy.

D. Thin Layer Chromatography.

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