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Topic: Molecule with 2 chiral centres but 3 optical isomers???  (Read 624 times)

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Offline Big Meat

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Molecule with 2 chiral centres but 3 optical isomers???
« on: January 21, 2021, 08:54:21 PM »
Structural isomer of hexane-1,6-diol that contains two stereogenic
centres and has three optical isomers.

Can you help with this?
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Re: Molecule with 2 chiral centres but 3 optical isomers???
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2021, 01:47:05 AM »
Symmetric isomers of hexane-1,6-diol each have two optical isomers or three stereoisomers. Try to draw them.
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