Organic Chemistry
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Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 12.SE, Problem 29AP
Would you expect two diastereomers such as meso-2, 3-dibromobutane and (2R, 3R)-dibromobutane to have identical or different IR spectra? Explain.
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