How many asymmetric centers and stereoisomers does 1-Bromo-4-methylcyclohexane have?
1 Answer
Jan 16, 2015
1-Bromo-4-methylcyclohexane has no chiral centres but it does have two stereoisomers.
The structure of 1-bromo-4-methylcyclohexane is
A plane of symmetry passes through C-1and C-4. These atoms are not chiral centres.
There are, however, two geometric isomers.
cis-1-bromo-4-methylcyclohexane
trans-1-bromo-4-methylcyclohexane
