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Cyclohexene Reacts with Bromine to Yield 1,2-Dibromocyclohexane

Question 48

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Cyclohexene reacts with bromine to yield 1,2-dibromocyclohexane.Molecules of the product would:

A) be a racemic form and,in their most stable conformation,they would have both bromine atoms equatorial.
B) be a racemic form and,in their most stable conformation,they would have one bromine atom equatorial and one axial.
C) be a meso compound and,in its most stable conformation,it would have both bromine atoms equatorial.
D) be a meso compound and,in its most stable conformation,it would have one bromine atom equatorial and one axial.
E) be a pair of diastereomers and,in their most stable conformation,one would have the bromines equatorial and axial,and the other would have the bromines equatorial and equatorial.

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