Chemistry - STEREO ISOMERISM Question with Solution | TestHub

Go around the ring and test each carbon. The four CH₂ carbons cannot be stereocenters. C-1, which bears OH, H and two different ring paths (via C-2, reaching the CH₃-bearing carbon quickly, and via C-6, the long way around), is a stereocenter. C-3, which bears CH₃, H and two different ring paths (via C-2 toward the OH-bearing carbon and via C-4 away from it), is also a stereocenter.

Ans. 2 stereocenters (C-1 and C-3)