How do you determine the number of geometric isomers in a compound?

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How do you determine the number of geometric isomers in a compound?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-24T09:47:04

How many chiral centres? How many rings? How many olefinic bonds?

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If there are #n# chiral centres in a compound, the compound can have up to #2^n# enantiomers. Of course, some of these enantiomers may be the same compound: #RS# MAY be the same as #SR#. I don't think you are going to get a definitive answer unless you proffer an actual formula.

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