Meso-compound

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-007207",
  "term": "Meso-compound",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A chemical compound that contains two or more stereocenters but is achiral due to an internal plane of symmetry or a center of inversion. Despite having chiral subunits, the overall molecule is superimposable on its mirror image. This type of compound is optically inactive and does not exhibit enantiomerism.",
  "subject": "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "chiral",
    "diastereoisomerism"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. 'Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2211 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122193)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/meso-compound/"
}