Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9781305580350
Author: William H. Brown, Brent L. Iverson, Eric Anslyn, Christopher S. Foote
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 3, Problem 3.32P
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Dicarboxylic acid obtained from the given reaction, is an enantiomer, a racemic mixture or a meso compound has to be identified.

Concept Introduction:

Enantiomers:

Stereoisomers having nonsuperposable mirror image relationship are called as enantiomers.

Meso compound:

It is an achiral compound having two or more chiral centers that also has chiral isomers.

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