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Chapter 5: Q53 E. (page 148)

Draw the structure of a meso compound that has five carbons and three chirality centers.

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Chirality centers are carbon atoms consisting of four different groups attached.Only one chiral center makes the whole molecule chiral, and these molecules are tetrahedral compounds.

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Chirality centers

Chirality centers are carbon atoms consisting of four different groups attached.Only one chiral center makes the whole molecule chiral, and these molecules are tetrahedral compounds.

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The structure of a meso compound with five carbons and three chirality centers

The compounds given below are diastereomers because they are non-superimposable. These are also meso compounds with three chiral centers. Both have a plane of symmetry passing from a third carbon horizontally. The central carbon contains four different groups鈥攐ne group has R configuration, one has S configuration, one group is -OH, and one group is -H.

Structure of a meso compound

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