Dextrorotation

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Dextrorotation is the property of rotating plane polarized light clockwise. Laevorotation is the opposite of dextrorotation.

Compounds with these properties are said to have optical activity and consist of chiral molecules.

The prefixes D- or (+)- and L- or (-)- are applied in the naming of a compound. D-glucose is dextrorotatory.