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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMELEMENT OF SYMMETRYMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumsingle choice
2,3,4-trichloropentane
Options:
Answer:
C
Solution:
meso-2,3,4-trichloropentane has a plane of symmetry (σ) passing through C3 (bisecting the H-C3-Cl bond, shown by the dashed line): the upper half of the Fischer projection is the mirror image of the lower half. The molecule is achiral (meso) although it contains stereocentres.
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