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Lactic acid is an optically active compound due to presence of assymmetric carbon. It exist in D and $\mathrm{L}$ form in the ratio $1:1$, forming a racemic mixture. Related Theory Enantiomers are stereoisomers which are non superimposable, mirror images. A mixture of equal amounts of two stereoisomers of an optically active substance is called a racemic mixture or racemate.