What are the isomers of #"1,2-dichlorocyclopropane"#?

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Dec 10, 2017

Consider the structure of the molecule....

Explanation:

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This is the trans form of the carbocycle...where the carbons attached to the chlorides are formally enantiotopic...and can exist in left-handed, and right handed geometries....

In the meso-form, the ipso carbons can be interchanged by symmetry, and here we have equivalent #RS# or #SR# geometries....