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Grade 12th passOrganic Chemistry

is 1,1,4,4,tetramethylcyclohexane optical active
and also plz exp how to find chiral carbon in cyclo and aromatic compounds

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11 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Shubham Singh
11 Years ago
no as there is no chiral carbon
chiral carbons in cyclo and aromatic compounds are identified in same way as in aliphatic ,i.e., all four groups attached should be different.
Profile image of ng29
11 Years ago
this compoun  is  not optically active as it contain plane of symmetry
if any compound had plane of symmetry , axis of symmetry ,
alternate axis of symmetry, or ither one then it is not optically active
chirality can be judged easily by looking that all the griups are diffderent and sp3 hybridised carbon
 
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