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30 Apr 2008 18:53:22 IST

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are carbons at 1,4th poaition of 1,4-dimethylycyclohexane chiral?

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i think the answer should be dat they are achiral because of planar symmetry but chirality refers to the stereogenic carbon atom im not sure of the answer plzz help

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Abhishek roy

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30 Apr 2008 19:13:47 IST

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U R PERFECTLY RIGHT THAT THE COMPOUND HAS A PLANE OF SYMMETRY SO IT SIMPLY CANT BE A CHIRAL CENTRE .

WANT MORE DETAIL I WILL HAVE TO GATHER INFO AND POST IT .

WHENEVER U GOT PLANE OF SYMMETRY NO QN. OF CHIRALITY .

MAN BUT THERE IS ONE MORE FACT SEE U GOTTA CONSIDER THE 3D STRUCTURE SAY BOTH CH3 ARE CIS THEN PLANE OF SYMMETRY IS THERE LEST IF THEY ARE TRANS U DON HAVE PLANE OF SYMMETRY

BUT STILL IT WILL BE ACHIRAL COZ IT HAS TWO SIMILAR SUBSTITUENTS ON EITHER SIDE OF RING SO IT WILL BE ACHIRAL ONLY .

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30 Apr 2008 21:45:52 IST

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x4 even the trans compound has a plane of symmetry

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