Meso Compound Problem

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Is 2,4-dimethyheptane a meso compound?

It has one chirality center, but looks like you can split it in two.

To me any molecule has a plane of symmetry unless there are different substituents on the molecule.

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meso compounds are classified as such when they have more than one chiral center and has an internal plane of symmetry. they are thus optically inactive and have a rotation of 0

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dantheman2007
 
if a molecule with at least two chiral centers has an internal symmetrical plane, then the entire molecule is achiral, and is called a meso compound, a form of steroisomerism
 
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