What molecules can have cis and trans isomers?

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anor277
Jul 7, 2016

In the realm of organic chemistry, both rings and olefins support such geometric isomerism.

Explanation:

#2-"butene"# can clearly support #"cis/trans"# isomerism, as can any other internal olefin with greater chain length.

Any ring structure that is disubstituted can also support #"cis-trans"#, #"3-membered"# to #"six-membered"# rings support this isomerism most clearly.

I urge you to make actual models of these systems from the standard model kits. These will help to depict their representation on paper (which must also be practised).

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