Is methylcyclohexane chiral?

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Truong-Son N.
Apr 1, 2016

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Consider the following questions:

  1. Do you think two methylene bridges, #-"CH"_2-#, are different, if they are symmetrical when reflecting through a mirror plane that bisects the upper-right and bottom-left corners of the cyclohexane ring?
  2. Now that you know whether there is or isn't a mirror plane, do you still think it is chiral? Why or why not?
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