While I would like to say I remember this from Chemistry class, I believe my first memory of this is from an episode of Breaking Bad.
On Thu, Jun 30, 2022 at 3:27 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > *Cis* and *trans* isomers <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomers> occur > both in organic molecules and in inorganic coordination complexes. *Cis* > and *trans* descriptors > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descriptor_(Chemistry)> are not used for > cases of conformational isomerism > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformational_isomerism> where the two > geometric forms easily interconvert, such as most open-chain single-bonded > structures; instead, the terms "*syn*" and "*anti*" are used. > > I am a conformational isomer. > You may call my syn or sir. > I call my dad’s sister anti. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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