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Recall a meso compound has chiral centers, this is why an alkene is not a meso compound because it can not have a chiral center since it doesn't have enough groups to do so.
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Several of these above reactions have the possibility of forming E/Z mixtures.
Hydrohalogenation can form E/Z isomers if the reaction is carried out on an internal alkyne. This reaction on terminal alkynes will not form E/Z isomers because you'll end up with two hydrogens on the carbon that was the terminal one.
Hydrohalogenation with Peroxides will form E/Z isomers in any situation (both internal and terminal alkynes).
Halogenation of alkynes using only 1 equivalent of X2 reagent will result in a mixture of E/Z isomers.
All of these situations come about due to the possible ways that molecules can approach each other in the transition state of the various mechanisms.
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Dec 11 at 11:59 AM
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