4-Chloro-2-pentene has a double bond that can have either the E or the Z configuration and a stereogenic center that can have either the R or the S configuration. How many stereoisomers arepossible altogether? Draw the structure of each, and group the pairs of enantiomers

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 4-Chloro-2-pentene has a double bond that can have either the E or the Z configuration and a stereogenic center that can have either the R or the S configuration.

How many stereoisomers arepossible altogether? Draw the structure of each, and group the pairs of enantiomers.

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