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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMOPTICAL PURITY/ENANTIOMERIC EXCESS, POLARIMETER TUBE EXPERIMENTMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumsingle choice
Passage / Comprehension

Observe following structures and answer questions given below :

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Which of the following is pair of diastereomers?

Options:

Answer:
A
Solution:

Structure II and III represent the same meso-(R,S) form of 2,3-butanediol.

Structure I represents the chiral (R,R) (or S,S) form.

Comparing I and III: one is (R,R) and the other is (R,S).

They are neither mirror images nor identical.

Therefore, I and III are diastereomers.

Hence, Option (A) is correct

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