meso

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A prefix to indicate the presence of a symmetry element of the second kind (see @C01058@) in a chemical species which is usually one of a set of @D01679@ that also includes a @C01057@ member.
See:
meso-compound
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2211 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'meso' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.M03838 RIS BibTex EndNote
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