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In Problem 4.28 you were asked to draw the preferred conformation of menthol on the basis...

In Problem 4.28 you were asked to draw the preferred conformation of menthol on the basis of the information that menthol is the most stable stereoisomer of 2-isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol. We can now completely describe  (—) menthol structurally by noting that it has the R configuration at the hydroxyl substituted carbon.

(a) Draw the preferred conformation of (—) menthol.


(b) (+) Isomenthol has the same constitution as (—) menthol. The configurations at C-1 and C-2 of (+) isomenthol are the opposite of the corresponding chirality centers of (—) menthol. Write the preferred conformation of (+) isomenthol.

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