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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

A molecule having three different chiral carbon atoms (and no internal symmetry) will have how many stereoisomers?

Answer: (A)

Solution

With n independent stereocenters and no symmetry-based reduction, the number of stereoisomers is 2ⁿ; for n = 3, this gives 2³ = 8.

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