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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMABSOLUTE AND RELATIVE CONFIGURATIONMedium2 minQB
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How many pairs of diastereomers are possible for the given compound?
CH3 - CH = CH - CH = CH - CH3
Options:
Answer:
C
Solution:
Ans. (C) 3 pairs.
Sol. All possible configurations of the compound:
(A) 
cis, cis (B) 
cis, trans (C) 
trans, trans
The three stereoisomers are not mirror images of one another, so every pair is a pair of diastereomers: (A)-(B), (A)-(C) and (B)-(C) = 3 pairs.
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