Talk:Trans-2,3-Butylene carbonate

Optical activity?

This molecule does not have mirror symmetry. Therefore the physical properties of a racemic mixture are probably different from those of the optically pure versions. Is there any literature on that?

(Chung et al. say that the formation of a solid layer of electrolyte decomposition products is important to prevent degradation of graphite electrodes in lithium batteries. Racemic x optical may affect that...)
Same question applies to propylene carbonate, by the way.
--Jorge Stolfi (talk) 23:29, 27 March 2019 (UTC)