sawhorse projection

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A @P04517@ indicating the spatial arrangement of bonds on two adjacent carbon atoms. The bond between the two atoms is represented by a diagonal line, the left-hand bottom end of which locates the atom nearer the observer and the right-hand top end the atom that is further away. In general a @N04134@ or @Z06747@ is preferred.
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Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 2193. (Basic terminology of stereochemistry (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 2217 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'sawhorse projection' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S05480 RIS BibTex EndNote
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