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meso-compound
A term for the achiral member(s) of a set of diastereoisomers which also includes one or more chiral members. For example:
M03839
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193 (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2211
InChI=1/C4H6O6/c5-1(3(7)8)2(6)4(9)10/h1-2,5-6H,(H,7,8)(H,9,10)/t1-,2+/f/h7,9H
InChI=1/C5H12O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h3-10H,1-2H2/t3-,4+,5-
InChI=1/C12H8Cl2/c13-11-8-5-1-3-7-4-2-6-9(10(7)8)12(11)14/h1-6,11-12H/t11-,12+
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Cite as: IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, Electronic version, http://goldbook.iupac.org/M03839.html.
Transformed and rewritten from PDF version (entry http://www.iupac.org/goldbook/M03839.pdf)
by: Miloslav Nic, Jiri Jirat, Bedrich Kosata, ICT Prague, Czech Republic
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