2006-08-28 15:51:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Prochirality is exhibited by molecules that can be converted to chiral ones in a single step. These molecules are called prochiral molecules.
Diastereoisomers are isomers that are not mirror images/enantiomers to each other.
Meso compounds are compounds that have more than one stereocenter (chiral center), but don't have optical activity as they have a plane of symmetry. E.g., one of the isomers of tartaric acid is a meso isomer. When rotated 180 degrees, the same configuration arises once again. The mirror image and the object are superimposable over each other in a meso compound!
2006-08-28 17:03:31 · answer #1 · answered by Logesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Diastereoisomers are stereoisomers which aren't enantiomers.
A pair of diastereoisomers aren't superimposable, but they aren't mirror images either.
Meso compounds contains chirality centers, but they aren't chiral.
2006-08-28 17:09:12 · answer #2 · answered by dactylifera001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-28 15:59:35 · answer #3 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure
2016-03-26 23:36:24 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋