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What are diastereomere? A stereoismer with nonsuperimposable mirror images A ste

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What are diastereomere? A stereoismer with nonsuperimposable mirror images A stereoisomer with chiral centers which does not have optical activity due to a plane of symmetry but is a distereomer. A molecule that has no chiral center but has optical activity. stereoismers with one or chiral centers which are not mirror images of each other. What is a meso compound? A stereoisomer with chiral centers which does not have optical activity due to a plane of symmetry but is a distereomer. A molecule that has no chiral center but has optical activity. stereoisomers with one or chiral centers which are not mirror images of each other.

Explanation / Answer

QUESTION : What are diastereomers?

Answer : D

Diastereomers are stereoisomers with mirror images which are not superimposable with each other, beacuse the configuration at one or sterocentre are different.

QUESTION : What is a meso compound?

Answer: B

Meso compounds have an internal mirror plane and can be classified as diasteriomers.