Illustrated Glossary of Organic Chemistry
Cahn-Ingold-Prelog rules:
A series of rules used to establish priority of attachments (
lone pairs
, single atoms, or
groups
) for purposes such as assigning
R
/
S
configuration
to an
sp
3
stereocenter
or
E
/
Z
configuration
to an
alkene
.
Priorities:
HO
>
CH
3
CH
2
>
CH
3
> H
Name: (
R
)-2-
Butanol
Priorities: I >
CH
3
and
CH
3
CH
2
> H
Name: (
Z
)-2-Iodo-2-
pent
ene
Related terms:
Stereochemistry
,
cis
,
trans
,
name reaction
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