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EXpain about The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog-R-S notational system

EXpain about The Cahn-Ingold-Prelog-R-S notational system
 

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SAI SARDAR
1700 Points
8 years ago
The "right hand" and "left hand" nomenclature is used to name the enantiomers of a chiral compound. The stereocenters are labeled as R or S.
pralay
186 Points
8 years ago
This is newer and more systematic method of specifying absolute configuration to optically active
compounds.
• This system is based on actual three dimentional (or) tetrahedral structure of the compound. It hascertain rules. Identify the substituents at asymmetric carbon and arrange them in order of priority i.e. fromhighest atomic number to lowest atomic number.
 

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