The importance of the plane of symmetry in this structure is that it
makes cis-1,2-dimethylcyclohexane an achiral, meso-compound. There is no
plane of symmetry in the chair conformations of this compound. The 3D structure
shown above emphasizes the presence of a plane of symmetry in the boat
conformation of this compound.
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