How are meso compounds drawn?

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anor277
Feb 13, 2017

Usually so that the internal symmetry of the molecule can be appreciated.

Explanation:

![http://web.pdx.edu](https://useruploads.socratic.org/gvG1CZ9oRxmQrxTR6FUa_meso_1.jpg)

This is one example. As shown, this compound is RS with respect to the chiral centres (as evidenced by the plane of symmetry perpendicular to the page/screen), and is thus clearly a meso compound.

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