For a compound to be called as 'meso',is it necessary that the chiral centres should be adjacent?If not,i want an example.
Varun n Datta
15 Years agoGrade 11
1 Answer
Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
15 Years ago
They need not be adjacent. for example, take a meso compound with adjacent chiral centres and add any number of achiral carbon atoms between the two chiral centres. It is still a meso compound.