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meso-
CIDE DICTIONARY
meso-, [Gr. me`sos in the middle.].
- A combining form denoting
in the middle ,intermediate . [1913 Webster] - Denoting a type of hydrocarbons which are regarded as methenyl derivatives. Also used adjectively. [1913 Webster]
- Optically inactive due to compensating optical activity at two or more asymmetric centers, often due to a plane of symmetry within the molecular structure; as, meso-tartaric acid. [PJC]
- Attached to a carbon atom located between two hereoatoms in a heterocyclic ring. [PJC]
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