NEET2003ChemistryGeneral Organic ChemistryActual
Assertion : Cis-1,3-dihydroxycyclohexane exists in boat conformation. Reason : In the chair form, there will not be hydrogen bonding between the two hydroxyl groups.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and the reason is the correct explanation of the assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true and the reason is not the correct explanation of the assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
D. If both assertion and reason are false.
Step-by-step solution
Cis-1,3-dihydroxycyclohexane exists in chair form as intramolecular H -bonding is possible only in chair form.