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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMCALCULATION OF TOTAL STEREOISOMERSMedium2 minQB
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Find number of meso-isomers of

structure

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Answer:
D
Solution:

Ans. (D) 7.

Sol. The compound is hexachlorocyclohexane (1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane), which has 6 equivalent stereocentres. Like the inositols it gives 9 configurational stereoisomers, of which 7 are meso (achiral) and the remaining 2 form a single enantiomeric pair. Meso-isomers = 7.

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