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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMASSIGNING RELATIONSHIPMedium2 minQB
ChemistryMediumsingle choice
The number of Stereocenters and stereoisomers of cyclooctene are:
Options:
Answer:
C
Solution:
Ans. (C) 2, 3.
Sol. Counting the two stereogenic sp2 carbons of the double bond, cyclooctene has 2 stereocentres. Three stereoisomers exist: cis-cyclooctene (achiral) and trans-cyclooctene, which is isolable at this ring size and is chiral, existing as an enantiomeric pair. Total = 3.
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