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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMELEMENT OF SYMMETRYEasy2 minQB
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Which of the following compounds can be resolved?

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Answer:
D
Solution:

Ans. (D) cis-1-ethyl-3-methylcyclohexane.

Sol. Only a chiral compound can be resolved into enantiomers. cis-1,3-Dimethylcyclohexane is meso (plane of symmetry), and 1,1- and cis-1,4-dimethylcyclohexane have no stereocentre. In cis-1-ethyl-3-methylcyclohexane the two ring stereocentres bear different groups, so no symmetry element remains; the compound is chiral and resolvable.

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