A meso compound is achiral, meaning it lacks a chiral center even though it contains stereocenters. This results in its mirror image being superimposable on itself, which makes it optically inactive despite having stereocenters.
6 stereocenters 8 s 9 s 10 r 13 s 14 s 17 s
there are 128 stereoisomers of cholesteol . from the formula 2^n where n is the total number of chiral centers. As for cholesterol, there are 8 stereocenters therefore 2^8= 128
The zigzag rule is used to determine the configuration of stereocenters in molecules. It helps to assign R or S configurations based on the priority of substituents attached to the stereocenter. This rule is important in organic chemistry for understanding the spatial arrangement of molecules.
Codeine has two stereocenters, leading to a total of four possible stereoisomers: (R,R)-codeine, (R,S)-codeine, (S,R)-codeine, and (S,S)-codeine.
Muscarine is a molecule with one chiral center, giving rise to two possible stereoisomers: (R)-muscarine and (S)-muscarine.
The chemical structure of Baycol (cerivastatin) has two chiral centers, giving rise to a total of four stereoisomers: two pairs of enantiomers. This arises from the presence of two stereocenters due to the presence of a double bond and a chiral carbon in the molecule.
The Wikipedia article on trinitrotoluene has a picture of opaque yellow-brown crystals of TNT. In this state they are unlikely to even be transparent. But perhaps at some dilution they are?
Menthol has four isomers: L-menthol, D-menthol, neomenthol, and isomenthol. These isomers differ in the spatial arrangement of atoms around the chiral center(s) in the molecule, resulting in different properties and biological activities.
Epimers are diastereoisomers that differ in the configuration at one stereocenter, while enantiomers are mirror images of each other with opposite stereochemistry at all stereocenters. Epimers have different physical and chemical properties, while enantiomers have identical physical and chemical properties except for their interaction with plane-polarized light.
The answer is Timothy McLaurin. He spent 26 years and 4 months at 9 different Universities, earning 430 semester hours. He sat out 3 years of the 26 years and 4 months, yet went to summer school (in college) 10 times. He started at age 18 and went until age 44, and soon thereafter, developed the 'Best' Chemistry Method for assigning Absolute Configuration to stereocenters of Organic Chemical Structures, of which, the method is located at AbsoluteConfiguration.Org
Meso compounds have a plane of symmetry that divides them into two identical halves. This symmetry ensures that any chiral centers in the molecule have corresponding mirror images that cancel out each other's optical activity. As a result, meso compounds are optically inactive overall despite containing chiral centers.