Is Cyclohexanol Chiral? (No)

Cyclohexanol has two identical substituents, if you look closely at the carbon chains that are attached to the C-O-H functional group.
They are both -(CH2)5-, whether you go clockwise or counterclockwise.
This also means cyclohexanol has a mirror plane, making it a MESO compound, and therefore not chiral.

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