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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMCHIRAL CENTRE AND CHIRAL MOLECULESMedium2 minQB
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Identify meso compound.

Options:

Answer:
A
Solution:

A meso compound contains two or more chiral centers but is optically inactive due to an internal plane of symmetry.

Option (A):

It has two chiral carbon atoms.

Both carbon atoms have the same set of groups: Cl and CO₂H.

One Cl is shown by a wedge and the other by a dash, giving opposite configurations.

The molecule has an internal plane of symmetry.

Therefore, the configurations are R,S, making it a meso compound.

R,S Meso compound

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