ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Chapter 5, Problem 5.5P
A molecule is achiral if it has a plane of symmetry in any conformation. Each of the following conformations does not have a plane of symmetry, but rotation around a carbon-carbon bond forms a conformation that does have a plane of symmetry. Draw this conformation for each molecule.
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