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How many numbers of possible stereo-isomers are there of 2,3,4 tri chloro pentanoic acid ?

A

8

B

12

C

16

D

4

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A
`CH_(3)-overset(.)(C )HCl-overset(.)(C )HCl-overset(.)(C )HCl-COOH`,
i.e., 2,3,4 - trichloropentanoic acid has three dissimilar chiral centres and hence has `2^(3)=8` stereoisomers.
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