Intro to organic chem Ch 1 #12b: cis and trans
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Intro to organic chem Ch 1 #12b: cis and trans
For the answer attached, why isn't there a trans- before the naming? There's a double bond with opposite priority groups on both sides so why didn't the book include trans?
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Re: Intro to organic chem Ch 1 #12b: cis and trans
trans and cis naming is for substituents, but that leftmost carbon is part of the chain
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