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How many stereoisomers are possible for enanthotoxin?

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Dec 26, 2015

There are 16 possible stereoisomers.

Explanation:

The structure of enanthotoxin is

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There is one chiral centre ( $C-14$ $"C-14"$ ), and there are three double bonds that can show $E / Z$ $E//Z$ isomerism.

The maximum number of stereoisomers is $2^{n}$ $2^n$ , where $n$ $n$ is the number of stereocentres.

We have four stereocentres, so there are $2^{4} = 16$ $2^4 = 16$ possible stereoisomers.

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