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How many different secondary alcohols can be made from the carbon skeleton shown below?

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c-c- c -c-c( two top and bottom cs in the middle)

c

a)0

b)1

c)2

d)3

e)4

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  1. (b).  The symmetry of the molecule limits the number of secondary alcohols.  


  2. Actually the answer is 4 if one takes into account stereochemistry

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