Two possible stereo-structures of CH₃CHOH.COOH, which are optically active, are called:

Two possible stereo-structures of $CH_3CHOH.COOH$, which are optically active, are called:
A Enantiomers
B Mesomers
C Diastereomers
D Atropisomers

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Lactic acid has one chiral carbon; its two forms are non-superimposable mirror images, i.e. enantiomers.

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