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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

In meso compound if plane of symmetry passes through any atom how is internal compensation between halves of atoms explained?

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10 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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9 Years ago
Meso compounds are optically inactive achiral compounds which are identical plus mirror images to each other.
If U cut it symetrically the halves would be symmetric and identical too with superimposing to each other.