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In a Chemistry class, teacher asked students to write the geometrical form of dicarboxylic acid with the formula C4H4O4 . For this question, one student wroteBoth of them argued for their answers. Hearing this argument teacher told that both of them are right and she also explained the reason for it. Can you write the answer given by the teacher?

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Two geometrical isomers are possible for dicarboxylic acid. They are cis and transform. In the cis form, similar groups are present on the same side of the double bond whereas in transform, identical groups are present on different side of the double bond.



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