For 1,2-cyclobutanediol, it's given in my book that it has 3 stereo isomers. Here's the passage:
My questions:
- How can it have stereo-isomers?
- What will the meso compounds look like?
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Sign up to join this communityFor 1,2-cyclobutanediol, it's given in my book that it has 3 stereo isomers. Here's the passage:
My questions:
These two isomers are enantiomers, i.e. mirror images, of each other:
This one has a plane of symmetry through the molecule and is therefore meso: