#meso compounds

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Meso Compound [Ex. 1]

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An achiral molecule does not rotate plane polarized light because it does not have a left or right "hand". A meso compound has an internal plane of symmetry but is not chiral. Meso compounds occur when a rotation on a molecule is possible to create a mirror plane of symmetry.