Meso Compound Problem

[skyisblue]

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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.

 

[Streetwolf]

Is 2,4-dimethyheptane a meso compound?

It has one chirality center...

Then no.

 

[dantheman2007]

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

Best,

dantheman2007

 

[busupshot83]

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