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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 03 Feb 2021

Cis - trans isomerism

Stereoisomers which differ in the positions of atoms (or groups) relative to a reference plane: in the cis-isomer the atoms are on the same side, in the trans-isomer they are on opposite sides.