Question: Identify whether the product obtained from each of the following reactions is a meso compound or a pair of enantiomers: (a) Irradiation of (2E,4Z,6Z )-4,5-dimethyl-2,4,6-octatriene

Identify whether the product obtained from each of the following reactions is a meso compound or a pair of enantiomers:

(a) Irradiation of (2E,4Z,6Z )-4,5-dimethyl-2,4,6-octatriene with UV light

(b) Subjecting (2E,4Z,6Z )- 4,5-dimethyl-2,4,6-octatriene to elevated temperature

(c) Irradiation of (2E,4Z,6E)-4,5-dimethyl-2,4,6-octatriene with UV light

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