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Grade 12Organic Chemistry

Reaction of 3-methyl-1,4-cycloheptadiene with excess perbenzoic acid (C6H5CO3H) forms a diepoxide product.
How many stereoisomers, counting enantiomers, are expected from this reaction ?
A) 4 (two pairs of enantiomers)
B) 4 (two meso compounds and a pair of enantiomers)
C) 5 (two pairs of enantiomers and a meso compound)
D) 6 (two pairs of enantiomers and two meso compounds)

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12 Years agoGrade 12
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12 Years ago
Ans : (B) Thanks & Regards Akshay Meena, askIITians Faculty M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur