For a structure containing the grouping
R3C–C(Y)=X (with identical or different groups
R) the conformation in which the torsion angle is such that
X is antiperiplanar to one of the groups
R, and, in a Newman projection, the double bond
C=X bisects one of the
R–C–R angles. In this conformation the bond
C–Y eclipses one of the
C–R bonds. The other conformation, in which
X is synperiplanar to one of the groups
R, is called an eclipsing conformation.
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Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. 'Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2201 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122193)