How many stereoisomers are possible for enanthotoxin?

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Ernest Z.
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"#), and there are three double bonds that can show #E//Z# isomerism.

The maximum number of stereoisomers is #2^n#, where #n# is the number of stereocentres.

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

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