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what does meso structure mean?

what does meso structure mean?

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SAGAR SINGH - IIT DELHI
878 Points
13 years ago

Dear student,

A meso compound or meso isomer is a non-optically active member of a set of stereoisomers, at least two of which are optically active.

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Sagar Singh

B.Tech, IIT Delhi

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509 Points
13 years ago

meso means that the net optical rotation is 0o...

half the compounds rotates clockwise & other half rotates anticlockwise & hence net rotation of plane polarised light becomes 0....

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