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I was wondering why the 1-Ethyl-1-methylcyclohexane molecule is achiral.

Thank you in advance.

Matt
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  • Because of absence of chiral center* & a better reason, you can easily cut out plane of symmetry in this molecule. – Chirag Lathi Nov 16 '20 at 07:34

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The functional groups are on the same carbon, so either configuration can be rotated into the other. If the functional groups were on different carbons, then depending on their relative locations the molecule could be chiral.

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