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Chemistry Forums for Students => Organic Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: HB on December 08, 2013, 03:45:16 PM

Title: cis and trans expression
Post by: HB on December 08, 2013, 03:45:16 PM

I want to know when we said cis and trans and when we said Z and E

Title: Re: cis and trans expression
Post by: zsinger on December 08, 2013, 04:29:43 PM

E/Z goes by Cahn-Ingold Prelog rules I believe.

Title: Re: cis and trans expression
Post by: zsinger on December 08, 2013, 04:31:01 PM

Also, things like this can be can read about on Wikipedia.