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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMCALCULATION OF TOTAL STEREOISOMERSHard2 minQB
ChemistryHardsingle choice

The number of stereoisomers of the given compound which can exist are:

structure pentahelicene

Options:

Answer:
B
Solution:

Ans. (B) 2.

Sol. The compound is pentahelicene: the five angularly fused benzene rings cannot lie in one plane and coil into a helix. The right-handed (P) and left-handed (M) helices are non-superimposable mirror images : 2 stereoisomers.

Stream:JEESubject:ChemistryTopic:STEREO ISOMERISMSubtopic:CALCULATION OF TOTAL STEREOISOMERS
⏱ 2mℹ️ Source: QB

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