Answer: B
meso-Tartaric acid (2R,3S) has a mirror plane (1). (2R,3R)-Tartaric acid is chiral with two stereocentres and a C2 axis (2). Penta-2,3-diene is chiral through a chiral axis with no stereocentre (3). The racemate is an equimolar mixture of enantiomers whose rotations cancel (4).