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meso compound
« on: February 01, 2009, 03:03:31 PM »
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Re: meso compound
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2009, 03:32:43 PM »
i am not quite sure how to define axial and equatorial in a five membered ring

the cis one (where both are on one  side of the ring) should be meso
and the two possible trans ones are the chiral enantiomers
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Re: meso compound
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2009, 03:44:54 PM »
oh ok thanks.

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