Although there are nine stereoisomers of 1,2,3,4,5,6hexachlorocyclohexane, one stereoisomer reacts 7000 times more slowly than any of the others in an E2 elimination. Draw the structure of this isomer and explain why this is so.

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Although there are nine stereoisomers of 1,2,3,4,5,6hexachlorocyclohexane, one stereoisomer reacts 7000 times more slowly than any of the others in an E2 elimination. Draw the structure of this isomer and explain why this is so. 

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