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CIS ISOMER [1 record]

Record 1 1986-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
CONT

In coordination compounds ... in which a metal atom is surrounded by two pairs of covalently bonded atoms or group of atoms (ligands) that are situated at the vertices of a square, the ligands of one pair ... occupy adjacent vertices in the cis isomer ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
CONT

Lorsque, dans les alcènes, les deux atomes de carbone unis par une double liaison sont substitués par des groupements différents, on peut avoir deux types d'isomères : l'isomère cis étant celui dans lequel les deux substituants identiques se trouvent du même côté de la double liaison; on a l'isomère trans dans le cas inverse.

Spanish

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