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Cahn-Ingold-Prelog

molecule nomenclature

Also known as: CIP

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complex organic compounds

In Vladimir Prelog
This system, known as CIP, provided a standard and international language for precisely specifying a compound’s structure.
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isomerism

In isomerism: Enantiomers
In the so-called Cahn-Ingold-Prelog (CIP) protocol (named after British chemists Robert Cahn and Sir Christopher Ingold and Swiss chemist Vladimir Prelog), one first assigns priorities to the four atoms attached to the stereogenic atom, in this case the carbon at the centre of the tetrahedron. The atom of…
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