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They want us determine if the following structure represents a meso compound.
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So the first thing we should do is make sure that there is at least a chiral center on this.
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Because if there's no chiral center, then it's not going to be meso at all, even if there is a plane of symmetry.
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So let's see if we can find a chiral center.
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Well, let's try here because we have this oxygen.
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So we have an oxygen, a hydrogen.
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And then if we go out, we have carbon with two hydrogens, carbon with a hydrogen.
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And then it has the two carbons attached, and we'll then go to the next one, and then it just kind of repeat.
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So that carbon there with the oxygen attached is not going to be a chiro center.
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Obviously, these two aren't going to be chiro centers either...