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Standard XII
Chemistry
Chiral Centres and Chirality
How many chir...
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How many chiral carbon atoms are there in 1-chloro-2,5-dimethyl cyclohexane?
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Solution
The correct option is
A
3
Refer to image 01
It has
2
plane of seperation, therefore
3
chiral carbon.
We see plane of seperation if the either side of the plane seem to be different,with carbon having different substituents.
Refer to image 02
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