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R and S enantiomers differ in :
A
Rotation of plane polarised light
B
Solubility in achiral solvent
C
Chemical properties
D
Dipole moment
Detailed Solution
Enantiomers (R and S forms) are non-superimposable mirror images.
They have identical physical and chemical properties in an achiral environment: same melting point, boiling point, solubility in achiral solvents, dipole moment and reactivity with achiral reagents.
They differ only in the direction in which they rotate plane polarised light: one is dextrorotatory and the other laevorotatory, by the same amount (and in their reactions with other chiral substances).
So R and S enantiomers differ in the rotation of plane polarised light.
They have identical physical and chemical properties in an achiral environment: same melting point, boiling point, solubility in achiral solvents, dipole moment and reactivity with achiral reagents.
They differ only in the direction in which they rotate plane polarised light: one is dextrorotatory and the other laevorotatory, by the same amount (and in their reactions with other chiral substances).
So R and S enantiomers differ in the rotation of plane polarised light.