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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

define the terms racemic mixture and meso compound.............................

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4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Racemic mixtures are mixtures of organic compounds called enantiomers. ... A meso compound contains an identical mirror image. The main difference between a racemic mixture and a meso compound is that a racemic mixture contains non-identical isomers whereas a meso compound contains an identical isomer
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