J Jordwin Full Member 10+ Year Member Jul 22, 2013 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad Can a odd-carbon chain be meso? Such as three for example? My thought process was that if there were three stereocenters, then the one in the middle would have to be r or s, so it couldn't be meso. Thoughts?
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad Can a odd-carbon chain be meso? Such as three for example? My thought process was that if there were three stereocenters, then the one in the middle would have to be r or s, so it couldn't be meso. Thoughts?
ChrisM07 Dental Student 15+ Year Member Jul 23, 2013 #2 Is this sort of what you mean? The first one looks meso to me (five carbons)? The one with three carbons below lacks the symmetry so I would say no to that one. What do you think? Upvote 0 Downvote
Is this sort of what you mean? The first one looks meso to me (five carbons)? The one with three carbons below lacks the symmetry so I would say no to that one. What do you think?
J Jordwin Full Member 10+ Year Member Jul 24, 2013 #3 Close, but say the first one had a chiral carbon in the middle of the other two that you had as chiral. Upvote 0 Downvote
Close, but say the first one had a chiral carbon in the middle of the other two that you had as chiral.
