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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

HOOC - CH( CH3) - CHOH - CHBr - CHOH - CH( CH3) - COOH

Number of d-l isomers

also number of mesomers ???

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15 Years agoGrade 12
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Profile image of vikas askiitian expert
15 Years ago

there are 5 chiral carbon atoms it this molecule so

total optical isomers are 2n = 25 =32

there are 5 pairs of enantiomers so 10elements , now all those pairs which are not enantiomers are diasteriomeric pair