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ChemistrySTEREO ISOMERISMELEMENT OF SYMMETRYMedium2 minQB
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cis-3,6-Dimethylpiperazine-2,5-dione

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Answer:
D
Solution:

In the cis isomer both CH3 groups lie on the same face of the ring, so no point maps every atom onto an identical atom: the centre of symmetry is absent. (The cis isomer instead has a plane of symmetry and is achiral.)

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