The drawing given below shows that cis-1,2-dichlorocyclohexane is chiral efforts to resolve this compound fail.why?

The cis and trans isomers rapidly interconvert.

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The compound is actually a meso structure

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The chair conformers rapidly interconvert producing a racemic mixure

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Methods for resolving alkyl chlorides are not available.

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The correct option is A The cis and trans isomers rapidly interconvert.
The C is and trans-isomers change rapidly in cyclohexane which is also called as flipping.

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The drawing given below shows that cis-1,2-dichlorocyclohexane is chiral efforts to resolve this compound fail.why?

The correct option is A The cis and trans isomers rapidly interconvert.The C is and trans-isomers change rapidly in cyclohexane which is also called as flipping.

The correct option is A The cis and trans isomers rapidly interconvert.
The C is and trans-isomers change rapidly in cyclohexane which is also called as flipping.