Will streptimidone have a meso stereoisomer? Explain your answer. ...

[awywial]

Will streptimidone have a meso stereoisomer? Explain your answer.

Question 2

Based on the number of chirality centers, how many stereoisomers of streptimidone are possible?

[pangili4]

Answer to Question 1

No. Meso compounds that contain chirality centers, but possess a plane of symmetry. Because the
substituents on the chiral carbons are different in streptimidone it is impossible for any stereoisomer to have
a plane of symmetry.

Answer to Question 2

Streptimidone has two chirality centers so there are 22, or 4, possible stereoisomers.

[awywial]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[mcarey591]

Excellent