Ricinoleic acid, a compound that can be isolated from castor oil, has the structure CH3(CH2)5CHOHCH2CH==CH(CH2)7CO2H. (a) How

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Ricinoleic acid, a compound that can be isolated from castor oil, has the structure CH3(CH2)5CHOHCH2CH==CH(CH2)7CO2H.
(a) How many stereoisomers of this structure are possible?
(b) Write these structures.
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1118133576

11th edition

Authors: Graham Solomons, Craig Fryhle, Scott Snyder

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