Which of the following statements is not correct?A. A meso compound has chiral centres but exhibits no optical activityB. A meso compound has no chiral centre. Thus it is optically inactive.C. A meso compound has molecule in which one-half of molecule is superimposable on the other even through chiral centre is present in themD. A meso compound is optically inactive because the rotation caused by one-half of molecule is cancelled by the rotation produced by another half

Which of the following statements is not correct?A. A meso compound ha

1.	Which of the following statements is not correct?A. A meso compound has chiral centres but exhibits no optical activityB. A meso compound has no chiral centre. Thus it is optically inactive.C. A meso compound has molecule in which one-half of molecule is superimposable on the other even through chiral centre is present in themD. A meso compound is optically inactive because the rotation caused by one-half of molecule is cancelled by the rotation produced by another half
Answer» Correct Answer - D Compounds which do not show optical activity inspite of the presence of chiral carbon atoms are called meso-compounds.

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