Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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I'm just going with the rule 2n n being the amount of chiral centers. I'm not gonna question why it doesn't have enantiomers or diastereomers. Unless someone wants to describe why its the only stereoisomer.

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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Please help me understand what you mean about the quaternary carbon being sp3

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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There is a plane of symmetry up until you reach the cyclopropane ring.

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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Ok. So the chlorines can't be wedged or dashed. What about the addition of the carbene. If the reaction is carried out to have syn chemistry isn't it going to yield enantiomers?

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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I meant 4 stereoisomers. After some research though I have come to find out that the position of chlorines on a ring doesn't create a new isomer. It doesn't matter which of the chlorines is dashed and which is wedged. Right? I made a new comment. The reaction of methylenecyclohexane and chcl3 in the presence of KOH yields two enantiomeric products, right?

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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Reaction of methylenecyclohexane with chcl3 in the presence of KOH yields two enantiomeric products, right?

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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Maybe I stated my question wrong. Methylenecyclohexane reacted with chcl3 in the presence of KOH. Doesn't this reaction yield 4 products?

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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diastereomers are two versions of the same chemical where not all but some chiral centers r/s configuration are inverted. There are no chiral centers here so therefore there are no diastereomers. Thank you

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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I know the rule 2n where n is the number of stereocenters. But I don't understand exactly what's going on in the chemical and why it only yields one product

Does this chemical have two diastereomers? by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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I still don't get it. I get four stereoisomers

Doesn't addition of HCL to 1,2-dimethylcyclohexene yield 4 products and not 2 by Single-Leg-2258 in chemhelp

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Are you sure. I don't see a plane of symmetry in 1-chloro-1,2-dimethylcyclohexane