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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMCALCULATION OF TOTAL STEREOISOMERSHard2 minQB
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How many stereoisomers are theoretically possible for the following adamantane derivative?

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Answer:
B
Solution:
All four bridgehead carbons carry the same substituent (), and the four remaining positions of the cage are likewise identical. The molecule therefore has the full tetrahedral symmetry of adamantane itself : every bridgehead arrangement is superimposable on every other by a rotation of the cage. With no stereogenic element at all, the compound is achiral and exists as a single stereoisomer. (The 2^(n) rule does not even begin to apply, since none of the bridgeheads carries four different groups.)
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