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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+
FEWJPZIEWOKRBE-UQZNBLRADB
HEBKCHPVOIAQTA-ZXFHETKHBG
YXSOZTOONQRVSS-TXEJJXNPBL
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
Last update: 2014-02-24; version: 2.3.3.
DOI of this term: https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.M03839.
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