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ChemistryOrganic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and TechniquesJEE Main

How many structural isomers containing a chiral carbon atom are possible for an alcohol with molecular formula ?

Answer: 6

Solution

Among the isomeric hexanols, the ones bearing a stereogenic (chiral) carbon are hexan-2-ol, hexan-3-ol, 3-methylpentan-2-ol,

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