What makes a meso compound?

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anor277
Jun 1, 2016

A meso compound is characterized by the presence of an internal mirror plane.

Explanation:

A meso compound is a symmetric #RS# isomer; i.e. its 2 potential chiral centres map onto each other on inversion. Given this property, a meso compound is NOT optically active, You should check your text for proper examples.

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